Sunday, March 9, 2014

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();
}
}
}

Download above code for Demo on DirectoryInfo : Download Links

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();
}
}
}

Download above code for Demo on Create DirectoryInfo : Download Links


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();
}
}
}

Download above code for Demo on Deleting DirectoryInfo : Download Links 


 DriveInfo , DirectoryInfo , FileInfo , StreamReader , StreamWriter

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