Where is the Copy method? (VB2008 Express Ed.)

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I am creating a backup file archiving system in which I have to copy files and directories of files (and directories of directories of files, etc.). To copy files, I use the File class’s Copy method. To copy directories of files I–but there’s the problem: It seems that there is no Copy method in the Directory class. There is a Move method, but I don’t want to disturb the original. Two questions: 1. Why is there no Copy method in the Directory class? 2. Is there a reasonable workaround to this limitation?

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John Littell

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I can’t answer this on the basis of knowledge, but it sounds as though you were meant to get the files in the directory and copy them individually.

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That does sound reasonable. But with the directory structure of Vista’s internal Backup and Restore Center application, that would be a huge undertaking as every single directory would have to be identified, created and populated one at a time. Even so, why on earth would the Directory class provide a Move method (more dangerous that Copy), and not a Copy method?

John

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Can you use:
My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory(sourceDirectoryName ,destinationDirectoryName)

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