How To Move a File Using VB.NET
In this article I describe how to move a file.
Move a File in VB.NET
The Move method moves an existing file to a new location with the same or a different file name. The Move method takes the full path of the move file. The Move method deletes the original file.
The following code snippet moves the source file to the destination file.
Imports System.Text
Imports System.IO
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim fileName As String = "C:\Temp\MaheshTXFITx.txt"
Dim fi As New IO.FileInfo(fileName)
Dim destinationFile As String = "C:\Temp\Data\MaheshTXMoved.txt"
Try
fi.MoveTo(destinationFile)
Catch iox As IOException
Console.WriteLine(iox.Message)
End Try
End Sub
End Module
Output: