My application generates files in the following directory structure
FolderMatchALeve1
-FileMatchALevel2_A.cs
-FileMatchALevel2_B.cs
-FolderMatchALevel2
--FileMatchALevel3_A.txt
--FileMatchALevel3_B.txt
I am looking for a way to rename the directory structure, with the following change – Change “MatchA” to “AMatch”.
So the result should look like so after executing the program:
FolderAMatchLeve1
-FileAMatchLevel2_A.cs
-FileAMatchLevel2_B.cs
-FolderAMatchLevel2
--FileAMatchLevel3_A.txt
--FileAMatchLevel3_B.txt
So far in my quest to find a solution, I have been unsuccessful. Please help me find a solution to this.
I need this solution in C# Winforms because of maintaining a legacy product at our company.
Edit:
Additional Information
I need to make this change each time someone runs our program.
I need to do this to 3350 files
Question Summary:
In short, while recursively(or iteratively) going through each directory, I want it to rename files whose names match with matching strings and then after coming out, rename the directory, if it too has a name matching the string (for all partial or complete matches).
Quick and Dirty (but working)
public static class DirectoryRenamer
{
public static void RenameDirectoryTree( string path, Func<string, string> renamingRule )
{
var di = new DirectoryInfo( path );
RenameDirectoryTree( di, renamingRule );
}
public static void RenameDirectoryTree( DirectoryInfo directory, Func<string, string> renamingRule )
{
InternalRenameDirectoryTree( directory, renamingRule );
var currentName = directory.Name;
var newName = renamingRule( currentName );
if ( currentName != newName )
{
var newDirname = Path.Combine( directory.Parent.FullName, newName );
directory.MoveTo( newDirname );
}
}
static void InternalRenameDirectoryTree( DirectoryInfo di, Func<string, string> renamingRule )
{
foreach ( var item in di.GetFileSystemInfos() )
{
var subdir = item as DirectoryInfo;
if ( subdir != null )
{
InternalRenameDirectoryTree( subdir, renamingRule );
var currentName = subdir.Name;
var newName = renamingRule( currentName );
if ( currentName != newName )
{
var newDirname = Path.Combine( subdir.Parent.FullName, newName );
subdir.MoveTo( newDirname );
}
}
var file = item as FileInfo;
if ( file != null )
{
var currentName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension( file.Name );
var newName = renamingRule( currentName );
if ( currentName != newName )
{
var newFilename = Path.Combine( file.DirectoryName, newName + file.Extension );
file.MoveTo( newFilename );
}
}
}
}
}
sample usage
class Program
{
static void Main( string[] args )
{
DirectoryRenamer.RenameDirectoryTree(
@"C:\Test\FolderMatchALevel",
name => name.Replace( "MatchA", "AMatch" ) );
}
}