// this method is the bulk of actual functionality. it will copy the files from one folder to another if they have been modified in the last 24 hours,
// and the one parameter is an object of the Times class defined above.
public static void MoveFiles(Times Time)
{
// first set the source and destination paths
string Source = @"C:\Users\joshl_000\Desktop\Folder A";
string Destination = @"C:\Users\joshl_000\Desktop\Folder B";
// if the source path is a directory, then we do the following
if (System.IO.Directory.Exists(Source))
{
// create a string array holding the files within the source directory
string[] SourceFiles = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Source);
// now loop through each of those files
foreach (string SourceFile in SourceFiles)
{
// first set the full path of the current file
string FullPath = Path.Combine(Source, SourceFile);
// now create a new datetime that holds the last modified time for the current file
DateTime FileModifiedTime = File.GetLastWriteTime(FullPath);
// now, if that modified time is within the last 24 hours, we do the following
if (Time.Now > FileModifiedTime && FileModifiedTime > Time.Limit)
{
// get just the filename of the current file
string FileName = Path.GetFileName(SourceFile);
// combine that file name with the destination path
string DestinationFile = Path.Combine(Destination, FileName);
// and lastly, copy the source file to the destination, with overwriting on in case the destination directory has a file with
// the same name.
File.Copy(SourceFile, DestinationFile, true);
}
}
}
}
// actual execution begins here
static void Main(string[] args)
{
// first we create an object of the Times class, remembering to give it the current time as an argument
Times CheckTimes = new Times(DateTime.Now);
// and then we simply call the MoveFiles method defined above with that Times class object as the argument
MoveFiles(CheckTimes);
//Wait for user to acknowledge result
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to terminate...");
Console.Read();
}
