/// <summary>
/// Saves files from a certain folder over to another folder
/// </summary>
/// <param name="foldernames">Folder to copy from</param>
/// <param name="newfoldername">Folder to copy to</param>
/// <param name="pathtocompareto">path to compare use as an example</param>
public static void FolderCopy(string pathtocompareto, string newfoldername, string[] locationstosearch, params string[] foldernames)
{
string correctdirectory = FolderFinder((Path.GetDirectoryName(pathtocompareto).ToString()), foldernames);
// note the files from "foldername" into a list so that you can search the network for them
List <string> filenames = Directory.GetFiles(correctdirectory).ToList <string>();
// copy from the latest directory and save to "newfoldername" with current date YEAR-MO-DA format
string folderwdate = Path.Combine(newfoldername, TimeUtility.DateFormatter(DateTime.Now));
if (!Directory.Exists(folderwdate))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(folderwdate);
}
// find the latest files on the network and give the name of the latest location for each of them
foreach (string file_fullpath in filenames)
{
string locationlatest = FindLatest(locationstosearch, file_fullpath);
try
{
File.Copy(file_fullpath, Path.Combine(folderwdate, Path.GetFileName(file_fullpath)), true);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The following error occured during the program, " + e.StackTrace.ToString());
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Archives a folder in it's current location
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objecttobearchived">File or folder to be archived</param>
/// <param name="usehour">value to decide whether to use the current hour in the archive folder name</param>
public static void Archive(string objecttobearchived, bool usehour)
{
// string for newfolder with date and time
string folderwdateandtime = Path.Combine(objecttobearchived, TimeUtility.DateFormatter(DateTime.Now, true));
// copies the contents of the folder in question to the dated folder, as well as any items within it
DirectoryCopy(objecttobearchived, folderwdateandtime, true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Archives the requested folder to location selected
/// </summary>
/// <param name="foldertobearchived"></param>
/// <param name="directorytosearchforarchiveparent">Location from which search should begin</param>
/// <param name="archiveparentfoldername">Folder where archive should be saved</param>
public static void Archive(string foldertobearchived, string directorytosearchforarchiveparent, string archiveparentfoldername)
{
// gets path of folder which should be archived
string archivedirectorypath = FolderFinder(directorytosearchforarchiveparent, foldertobearchived);
// gets the path the folder under which the archive should be placed
string archiveparent = FolderFinder(directorytosearchforarchiveparent, archiveparentfoldername);
// gets the future name of archive folder; includes today's date info
string folderwdate = Path.Combine(archiveparent, TimeUtility.DateFormatter(DateTime.Now, false));
// copies all files + subdirectories to archive location
DirectoryCopy(archivedirectorypath, folderwdate, true);
}
