Visual Basic 2015 Unleashed

The System.IO.Directory Class

To access directories, you use the System.IO.Directory class that offers shared members that enable you to perform common operations on folders. All members should be self-explanatory. For example, you can check whether a directory already exists and, if not, create a new one as follows:

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If Not Directory.Exists("C:\Test") Then    Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\Test")End If

The Move method enables you to move a directory from one location to another; it takes two arguments, the source directory name and the target name:

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Directory.Move("C:\Test", "C:\Demo")

If the target directory already exists, an IOException is thrown. You can easily get or set attribute ...