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System.IO.DirectoryInfo Class

Description

A DirectoryInfo object is created when you want to perform a number of operations for a given Directory or File. Use Directory if you only want to perform one such operation.

When you construct a DirectoryInfo instance, the specified Directory Path is only checked for path naming syntax - no check is made to see if the path exists. This is partly because this class allows the directory to be created (using the rather unfortunately named Create method - it should really have been named CreateDirectory as it is in the Directory class).

Syntax

Constructor Create (

DirectoryPathString : String );

Methods

	Create	Creates a new Directory or nest of Directories for the current Directory Path
	CreateSubDirectory	Creates a SubDirectory (folder) within the current directory
	Delete	Delete the directory (folder) and optionally its sub-directories
	GetDirectories	Gets the Directories (folders) in the specified Directory
	GetFiles	Gets the files in the specified Directory
	GetFileSystemInfos	Gets information for files in the current Directory
	MoveTo	Moves a Directory (folder) to a new location
	ToString	Returns the current Directory path is returned as a string

Properties

Attributes	FileAttributes	Gets or sets the FileAttributes of the current FileSystemInfo.
CreationTime	DateTime	Gets or sets the creation time of the current FileSystemInfo object.
CreationTimeUtc	DateTime	Gets or sets the creation time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), of the current FileSystemInfo object.
Exists	Boolean	True of the Directory exists
Extension	String	Gets the string representing the extension part of the file.
FullName	String	Gets the full path of the directory or file.
LastAccessTime	DateTime	Gets or sets the time the current file or directory was last accessed.
LastAccessTimeUtc	DateTime	Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the current file or directory was last accessed.
LastWriteTime	DateTime	Gets or sets the time when the current file or directory was last written to.
LastWriteTimeUtc	DateTime	Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), when the current file or directory was last written to.
Name	String	Gets the name of this DirectoryInfo instance.
Parent	String	Gets the parent directory of a specified subdirectory.
Root	String	Gets the root portion of a path.

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