Get Directory Info in .Net

 DriveInfo , DirectoryInfo , FileInfo , StreamReader , StreamWriter

DirectoryInfo

• The  System.IO  namespace  necessary  API  to  access  the  folders  (directories)  information also.
• According to this, a folder is to be represented as an object.
• The  folder  object  is  able  to  get  the  details  of  the  folder  like  folder  full  path,  sub directories and files etc.

           Library: System.IO.DirectoryInfo

        This class object represents a folder on the file system. This able to get the information of the folder and also to perform certain operations on that folder.

Object Construction:

      Syn: DirectoryInfo obj = new DirectoryInfo(path of the directory);

     Ex:  DirectoryInfo obj = new DirectoryInfo(c:\\windows);

You can observe the list of all available properties, methods of this class.

Program of DirectoryInfo                                                                  

using System.IO;

namespace DirectoryInfoDemo1

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

string directorypath = "c:\\windows\\help";

DirectoryInfo dinfo = new DirectoryInfo(directorypath);

if (dinfo.Exists)

{

Console.WriteLine("Directory Name: " + dinfo.Name);

Console.WriteLine("Directory Full Path: " + dinfo.FullName);

Console.WriteLine("\nCreated on: " + dinfo.CreationTime);

Console.WriteLine("Last accessed on: " + dinfo.LastAccessTime);

Console.WriteLine("Last modified on: " + dinfo.LastWriteTime);

Console.WriteLine("\nParent: " + dinfo.Parent.FullName);

Console.WriteLine("Root: " + dinfo.Root);

Console.WriteLine("\nFiles:");

FileInfo[] fobjs = dinfo.GetFiles();

foreach (FileInfo f in fobjs)

Console.WriteLine(f.FullName);

Console.WriteLine("\nSub Directories:");

DirectoryInfo[] dobjs = dinfo.GetDirectories();

foreach (DirectoryInfo d in dobjs)

Console.WriteLine(d.FullName);

}

else

Console.WriteLine(directorypath + " is not available on the system.");

Console.Read();

}

}

}

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Program for Creating Directory                                                       

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

namespace DirectoryInfoDemo2

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.WriteLine("Enter the directory path:");

string directorypath = Console.ReadLine();

DirectoryInfo dinfo = new DirectoryInfo(directorypath);

if (!dinfo.Exists)

{

dinfo.Create();

Console.WriteLine("Directory created."); 

}

else

Console.WriteLine(directorypath + " is already exists.");

Console.Read();

}

}

}

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Program for Deleting Directory                                                        

using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

namespace DirectoryInfoDemo3

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Console.WriteLine("Enter the directory path:");

string directorypath = Console.ReadLine();

DirectoryInfo dinfo = new DirectoryInfo(directorypath);

if (dinfo.Exists)

{

dinfo.Delete(true);

Console.WriteLine("Directory deleted.");

}

else

Console.WriteLine(directorypath + " doesn't exists.");

Console.Read();

}

}

}

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