Moving Documents from One Document Library to Another

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As you all know I write a lot of maintenance console applications to perform upgrades on huge subsets of sites.  This week I was asked to create a console application that will cut down six documents libraries into three document libraries.  I wanted to use the CopyTo() Function, but there is a bug.  I did find a nice MoveTo() Function in SPFile.  I ended up using that code instead here is a little sample:

 //copy documents and deletes libraries
            SPList ProposalsWord = Web.Lists["Proposal Template (Word)"];
            foreach (SPListItem Item in ProposalsWord.Items)
            {
                SPFile File = Web.GetFile(Item.Url);
                try
                {
                    File.MoveTo(Web.Url + "/Sample%20Proposals%20PDF/" + Item["Name"].ToString());
                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                }
            }
            ProposalsWord.Delete();