How do I stream an entire folder in C#?

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I need to transfer multiple files to a destination that does not have a lot of storage space. Zipping is out of the question so I need to transfer multiple files and folders as a single unit that does not require unzipping.

I'm wondering if I can stream a folder?

What I have tried:

I'm currently zipping multiple files into a single file and then transferring the zipped file. This is not working out because the destination does not have enough storage all the time to store both the zip and the unzipped contents.

Posted 30-Sep-18 18:28pm

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Updated 2-Oct-18 3:18am

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dan!sh 1-Oct-18 1:39am

Is this to copy a directory from one computer to another on same network? Are you using http to stream it?

Member 14000828 1-Oct-18 1:42am

currently i'm not streaming the file. I'm reading it into a fileStream then chunking it and send the chunks

dan!sh 1-Oct-18 1:58am

Can you share details of your application landscape? How much control you have on destination location? Is this web application?

Member 14000828 1-Oct-18 2:26am

Its all IP based. I do not have any control on the destination location.

Richard MacCutchan 1-Oct-18 3:40am

How does the destination system accept the streamed data?

#realJSOP 2-Oct-18 9:55am

He won't like whatever answer you gave him. He down-voted mine.

Richard MacCutchan 2-Oct-18 10:53am

I wonder why some people ever bother to post questions here. They seem to expect some magical answer to be handed them on a plate.

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2018-10-02T03:19:00

Solution 1

Just iterate the source folder and copy one file at a time. It really is that simple. Of course, you have to make sure the target path exists first, but really, this is minor file system stuff.

Posted 2-Oct-18 3:19am

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Updated 2-Oct-18 3:53am