WindowsFileSystem

WindowsFileSystem:

DirectoryInfo Class:

The class provides numerous instance methods to move, copy, create and enumerate through directories and sub directories.

Commonly used methods of directoryinfo class:

Create():

            Is used to create a directory at specified path.

DirectoryInfo dirinfo = new DirectoryInfo("D:\\New Folder");

dirinfo.Create();

CreateSubdirectory():

Creates subdirectory or subdirectories for the specified path, which is an instance of Directoryinfo class.

DirectoryInfo dirinfo = new DirectoryInfo("D:\\New Folder");

dirinfo.CreateSubdirectory("New Folder");

Delete():

      Is used to delete the directory.

dirinfo.Delete();

GetFiles():

      Is used to get the list of all files in a directory.

dirinfo.GetFiles ();

GetDirectories():

      Is used to get the list of all directories in a directory.

  dirinfo.GetDirectories ();

Referesh():

      Is used to referesh the directory.

dirinfo.Refresh()

MoveTo():

      Is used to move directory to the current path to the specified path.

dirinfo.MoveTo("D:\\New Folder3");

FileInfo Class:

      FileInfo Class provides numerious instance methods to work with the files. The following are some of the commonly used methods to work with files.

Create():

            Is used to create a file at specified path and name.

fs.Create();

Delete():

            Is used to delete a file.

   fs.Delete();

CopyTo():

            Is used to copy a file from one path to another.

fs.CopyTo("E:\\New Folder");

MoveTo():

            Is used to move a file to new path.

fs.MoveTo("E:\\New Folder");

Open():

            Is used to open a file by using specifed file enumerator. Enumerator is used to specify the mode of the file.

fs.Open(FileMode.Open);

OpenRead():

            Is used to create a read only file stream, to read the files.

fs.OpenRead();

OpenWrite():

            Is used to create a write only file stream, to write the files.

  fs.OpenWrite();