Question How do I copy one file in to multiple folders?

[IvanWolfhelm]

Hi there

This one has been troubling me for some time , i keep coming back to it researching it for a couple of days on and off then get disheartened and give up for a while.

Basically i want to copy one file in to multiple folders that have the same structure except for one distinction ... the user name ...

...example...
C:\somefolder\subfolder\User1\destinationfolder
C:\somefolder\subfolder\User2\destinationfolder
...etc...

I have tried using wild cards for the differing folder name but no luck.

Any ideas?

Ever Hopeful,

Alex

 

[mbb]

If there is something specific that can identify as user name then use regular expressions:

Regex.Replace("subject", "regex", "replacement")

Search ".net regular expressions" and you'll find plenty of reference material.

You can assume a certain format in the path e.g. c:\.*\.*\UserName\.*

You can use the first part of your path as a string constant to identify where the user name starts, which is of course delimited by '\' and '\'.

 

[IvanWolfhelm]

Thanks mbb,

This looks a wee bit over my head but i will certainly give it a go, always up for a challenge! TBH it feels good just to have another lead to follow

I may be back.

Thanks again.