copy a directory from one location to another in VC++

Question

I want to check a directory exists in local project directory or not. If it doesn't exists i want to copy it from a specified directory to the current project directory in VC++

How do i do that, can any one help me please... 

Answer 1

Use this syntax:

 

    System::IO::DirectoryInfo ^ TeraTerm = gcnew System::IO::DirectoryInfo("C:\\SomeFolder"); 

    bool exists = TeraTerm->Exists;

 

or this:

 

    System::IO::DirectoryInfo TeraTerm("C:\\SomeFolder"); 

    bool exists = TeraTerm.Exists;

 

 

Answer 2

Thanks for the answer.

could you give me any clue about how to copy etire directory to another

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prkac

Answer 3

SHFileOperation

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Nikita Leontiev

Answer 4

Thanks Nikita,

But what ever examples i have seen about this function doesn't working...giving errors.

mine is 64bit Windos 7 VS2008 (don't know whether this matters or not just giving info.)

could you please provide me a best example.

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prkac

Answer 5

I  have used system("xcopy C:\sourcedir C:\destdir")

And it is working now....is this the right way of doing?

Please confirm   Thanks

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prkac

Answer 6

>SHFileOperation
>But what ever examples i have seen about this function
>doesn't working...giving errors.

We can't help if you don't spell out the errors.

>I have used system("xcopy C:\sourcedir C:\destdir")
....is this the right way of doing?

Define "right". Your definition and ours may be different.

How do you detect and handle errors when they happen?

- Wayne

Answer 7

I kept all the code in 'try' block and 'catch' for exception handling.

so far it's working fine.

 

Thanks everyone for the replies and your time.

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prkac

Answer 8

>system("xcopy C:\sourcedir C:\destdir")

Note that if that's an actual line in your source
code then the backslashes need to be doubled:

system("xcopy C:\\sourcedir C:\\destdir")

>I kept all the code in 'try' block and 'catch'
>for exception handling.

What good will that do if xcopy fails to find the
source file or directory?

Neither system nor xcopy will throw an exception
if an error occurs.

- Wayne

Answer 9

i am checking for the directory if it exists or not

so if the dir is not there then it will execute this code....

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prkac