Invalid characters in path in File.Move()

Question

I have this code to move a file:

  string path = "C:\\inetpub\\beGoodToo\\videofolder\\nome.mp4";
  string path2 = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Wowza Media Systems\\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\\content\\videostreaming\\nome.mp4\"";
  // Garantir que existe na origem
  if (!System.IO.File.Exists(path))
  {
     // Garantir que não existe no destino.
     if (System.IO.File.Exists(path2))
     System.IO.File.Delete(path2);

     // Mover ficheiro.
     System.IO.File.Move(path, path2);
  }

The program runs smoothly until the command Move and gives the exception of the title. How can you not give exception in the previous commands (since the path is always the same during the process)? Is it some permission that won’t allow me to move?

I will move from an Inetpub board to a folder in Program Files (x86).

Answer 1

To string is not escaped, so the backslash has a special meaning and depending on what comes next will create a different character. For example, there is a \n in the text, this is telling you to skip a line and a path/file name cannot skip a line. Hence the error. This is how it works:

string path = @"C:\inetpub\site\videofolder\nome.mp4";
string path2 = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\content\videostreaming\nome.mp4";

I put in the Github for future reference.

Also spoke the ; then it’s not even to compile.

If it is not this has another problem, or the question speaks of something that is not the problem.

I should almost never wear the File.Exists().

Answer 2

There are some problems:

First problem:

Has two variables path:

string path = "C:\inetpub\site\videofolder\nome.mp4"
string path = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\content\videostreaming\nome.mp4"

Which is probably a typo

Second problem:

Use \ is to escape, to avoid this use the @ (was also missing ;):

string path = @"C:\inetpub\site\videofolder\nome.mp4";
string path2 = @"C:\Program Files (x86)\Wowza Media Systems\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\content\videostreaming\nome.mp4";

Third problem:

You are trying to access a folder that requires administrative privileges Program Files (x86), for your problem to work as an administrator, otherwise it will probably fail

Extra problem

After your editing you put this:

"\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Wowza Media Systems\\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\\content\\videostreaming\\nome.mp4\"";

But these \" at the beginning and end make no sense, it should only be:

"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Wowza Media Systems\\Wowza Streaming Engine 4.7.3\\content\\videostreaming\\nome.mp4";