public static void MoveFolderToParent(string folderpath,
bool removeChildFoldersOnCompletion = true,
MoveConflictStrategy strategy = MoveConflictStrategy.LeaveInFolder,
bool forceRemoveChildFolder = false)
{
if (Directory.Exists(folderpath))
{
var dir = new DirectoryInfo(folderpath);
var parentDir = Path.Combine(dir.FullName, ".."); //this seems to be a little hack. To be changed in future.
foreach (var file in dir.GetFiles())
{
string newFilePath = Path.Combine(parentDir, file.Name);
try
{
File.Move(file.FullName, newFilePath, strategy == MoveConflictStrategy.OverwriteInParent);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
}
}
int filesremaining = dir.GetFiles().Length;
if ((removeChildFoldersOnCompletion == true && filesremaining == 0) || forceRemoveChildFolder)
{
Directory.Delete(folderpath);
}
}
}
public static void MoveAllFoldersToParentInDir(string folderWithFoldersPath,
bool removeChildFoldersOnCompletion = true,
MoveConflictStrategy strategy = MoveConflictStrategy.LeaveInFolder)
{
if (Directory.Exists(folderWithFoldersPath))
{
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(folderWithFoldersPath);
var dirs = di.GetDirectories();
foreach (var dir in dirs)
{
MoveFolderToParent(dir.FullName);
}
}
}
