Dim folders() As String = IO.Directory.GetDirectories("C:\testing1234\")
Dim newpath As String = "C:\testing\123\"
/// create the copy of the main directory ( or rename when moving files )
If Not IO.Directory.Exists(newpath) Then
IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(newpath)
End If
///
/// get all the files in the main directory ( eg: .txt ) and copy to new directory
Dim mainFiles() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\testing1234\")
Dim fileToCopy As String
For Each fileToCopy In mainFiles
Dim f As IO.FileInfo = New IO.FileInfo(fileToCopy)
IO.File.Copy(fileToCopy, newpath & f.Name & f.Extension)
Next
///
/// get all the sub-folders and copy to new directory.
Dim path As String
For Each path In folders
Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo(path)
Dim subFile As String = newpath & di.Name & "\"
IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(subFile)
/// get the files in the sub-folders and copy to the new sub-directories
Dim filepath As String
For Each filepath In IO.Directory.GetFiles(di.FullName)
Dim fi As New IO.FileInfo(filepath)
IO.File.Copy(filepath, subFile & fi.Name & fi.Extension)
Next
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