How can one copy a folder containing files from a remote location to one's own computer in C# ?

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How can i copy a folder from a remote location, for which the username and password are known, to one's own PC ?

Posted 27-May-14 1:23am

sovit agarwal

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Raul Iloc · Answer 1 · 2014-05-27T01:30:00

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1.If your folder is in your local network (LAN), the folder is shared in the LAN in the way that you have access from your computer to it, you could access it by using relative URL to the remote computer folder like: "\\RemoteFolder\\SomeFile.txt".

See details here about how to copy the entire folder: MSDN Link[^]

2.If the folder is over the internet, or is in your LAN and the folder is not shared for your user, you cannot access it at all and you should use a local service installed on remote computer that have access to that folder in order to copy its content.

Posted 27-May-14 1:30am

Raul Iloc

Updated 27-May-14 18:55pm

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sovit agarwal 27-May-14 7:31am

Thanks Raul for the answer...
But i have question here...If the folder is not shared on the LAN cant i use the credentials to log into the system and fetch the folder ?

Raul Iloc 27-May-14 7:40am

As I know you cannot do this!

sovit agarwal 27-May-14 7:43am

What about copying an entire folder from remote PC to local PC?
U just mentioned about a file in your first point//

Raul Iloc 28-May-14 0:54am

I have mentioned the file because you have to copy all files from the folder like in the case of copying the folder from the same computer. See the link in my solution update!

Prasad Avunoori · Answer 2 · 2014-05-27T01:29:00

Solution 1

copying files progrmatically[^]

Posted 27-May-14 1:29am

Prasad Avunoori

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sovit agarwal 27-May-14 7:33am

Hi, but this is e copy in one PC it itself...
I want it from a remote location to local PC