Directory.Move doesn't work (file already exist)

Question

I've got main folder:

c:\test 

And there I have 2 folders: Movies and Photos.

Photos has three folders with files with the same structure: People, Animals and Buildings. I'm trying this code:

Directory.Move(@"c:\test\Movies", @"c:\test\Test"); 

I get exception:

File already exists 

Answer 1

This method will move content of a folder recursively and overwrite existing files.
You should add some exception handling.
Edit:
This method is implemented with a while loop and a stack instead of recursion.

public static void MoveDirectory(string source, string target) {     var stack = new Stack<Folders>();     stack.Push(new Folders(source, target));      while (stack.Count > 0)     {         var folders = stack.Pop();         Directory.CreateDirectory(folders.Target);         foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(folders.Source, "*.*"))         {              string targetFile = Path.Combine(folders.Target, Path.GetFileName(file));              if (File.Exists(targetFile)) File.Delete(targetFile);              File.Move(file, targetFile);         }          foreach (var folder in Directory.GetDirectories(folders.Source))         {             stack.Push(new Folders(folder, Path.Combine(folders.Target, Path.GetFileName(folder))));         }     }     Directory.Delete(source, true); } public class Folders {     public string Source { get; private set; }     public string Target { get; private set; }      public Folders(string source, string target)     {         Source = source;         Target = target;     } } 

Update:
This is a simpler version with the use of Directory.EnumerateFiles recursively instead of using a stack.
This will only work with .net 4 or later, to us it with an earlier version of .net change Directory.EnumerateFiles to Directory.GetFiles.

public static void MoveDirectory(string source, string target) {     var sourcePath = source.TrimEnd('\\', ' ');     var targetPath = target.TrimEnd('\\', ' ');     var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(sourcePath, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)                          .GroupBy(s=> Path.GetDirectoryName(s));     foreach (var folder in files)     {         var targetFolder = folder.Key.Replace(sourcePath, targetPath);         Directory.CreateDirectory(targetFolder);         foreach (var file in folder)         {             var targetFile = Path.Combine(targetFolder, Path.GetFileName(file));             if (File.Exists(targetFile)) File.Delete(targetFile);             File.Move(file, targetFile);         }     }     Directory.Delete(source, true); } 

Answer 2

The destination directory should not already exist - the Directory.Move method creates the destination directory for you.