Directories and Files Summary
Visual Basic language keywords and run-time library members are organized by purpose and use.
Using the My feature gives you greater productivity and performance in file I/O operations than using these members. For more information, see My.Computer.FileSystem Object.
Action |
Language element |
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Change a directory or folder. |
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Change the drive. |
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Copy a file. |
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Make a directory or folder. |
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Remove a directory or folder. |
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Rename a file, directory, or folder. |
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Return the current path. |
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Return a file's date/time stamp. |
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Return file, directory, or label attributes. |
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Return a file's length. |
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Return a file's name or volume label. |
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Set attribute information for a file. |
See Also
Concepts
Parsing Text Files with the TextFieldParser Object
Reference
Visual Basic Language Keywords
Visual Basic Run-Time Library Members
Keywords Compared in Different Languages
Other Resources
Reading from Files in Visual Basic
Writing to Files in Visual Basic
Creating, Deleting, and Moving Files and Directories in Visual Basic