Renaming a directory in C

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I couldn t find a DirectoryInfo Rename To  or FileInfo Rename To  method anywhere   So  I wrote my own and I m posting it here for anybody to use if they need it  because let s face it   the MoveTo methods are overkill and will always require extra logic if you just want to rename a directory or file    public static class DirectoryExtensions       public static void RenameTo this DirectoryInfo di  string name                if  di    null                        throw new ArgumentNullException  di    Directory info to rename cannot be null                       if  string IsNullOrWhiteSpace name                         throw new ArgumentException  New name cannot be null or blank    name                       di MoveTo Path Combine di Parent FullName  name             return    done

User · Answer

You should move it   Directory Move source  destination

User · Answer

One already exists  If you cannot get over the  Move  syntax of the System IO namespace  There is a static class FileSystem within the Microsoft VisualBasic FileIO namespace that has both a RenameDirectory and RenameFile already within it   As mentioned by SLaks  this is just a wrapper for Directory Move and File Move

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There is no difference between moving and renaming  you should simply call Directory Move    In general  if you re only doing a single operation  you should use the static methods in the File and Directory classes instead of creating FileInfo and DirectoryInfo objects   For more advice when working with files and directories  see here

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