The System.IO.Directory Class

To access directories, you use the System.IO.Directory class that offers shared members that enable you to perform common operations on folders. All members should be self-explanatory. For example, you can check whether a directory already exists and, if not, create a new one as follows:

If Not Directory.Exists("C:\Test") Then    Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\Test")End If

The Move method enables you to move a directory from one location to another; it takes two arguments, the source directory name and the target name:

Directory.Move("C:\Test", "C:\Demo")

If the target directory already exists, an IOException is thrown. You can easily get or set attribute ...

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