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Directory.GetFiles Method (String)

Returns the names of files (including their paths) in the specified directory.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static string[] GetFiles(
	string path
)

Parameters

path
Type: System.String
The directory from which to retrieve the files.

Return Value

Type: System.String[]
A String array of file names in the specified directory.
Exception Condition
IOException

path is a file name.

-or-

A network error has occurred.

UnauthorizedAccessException

The caller does not have the required permission.

ArgumentException

path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters as defined by InvalidPathChars.

ArgumentNullException

path is null.

PathTooLongException

The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters and file names must be less than 260 characters.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).

The returned file names are appended to the supplied path parameter.

If there are no files, this method returns an empty array.

This method is identical to GetFiles with the asterisk (*) specified as the search pattern.

The path parameter is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory. To obtain the current working directory, see GetCurrentDirectory.

The order of the returned file names is not guaranteed; use the Sort() method if a specific sort order is required.

The path parameter is not case-sensitive.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

The following example demonstrates how to use the GetFiles method to return file names from a user-specified location. The example is configured to catch all errors common to this method.


// For Directory.GetFiles and Directory.GetDirectories
// For File.Exists, Directory.Exists
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Collections;

public class RecursiveFileProcessor 
{
    public static void Main(string[] args) 
    {
        foreach(string path in args) 
        {
            if(File.Exists(path)) 
            {
                // This path is a file
                ProcessFile(path); 
            }               
            else if(Directory.Exists(path)) 
            {
                // This path is a directory
                ProcessDirectory(path);
            }
            else 
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0} is not a valid file or directory.", path);
            }        
        }        
    }


    // Process all files in the directory passed in, recurse on any directories 
    // that are found, and process the files they contain.
    public static void ProcessDirectory(string targetDirectory) 
    {
        // Process the list of files found in the directory.
        string [] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(targetDirectory);
        foreach(string fileName in fileEntries)
            ProcessFile(fileName);

        // Recurse into subdirectories of this directory.
        string [] subdirectoryEntries = Directory.GetDirectories(targetDirectory);
        foreach(string subdirectory in subdirectoryEntries)
            ProcessDirectory(subdirectory);
    }

    // Insert logic for processing found files here.
    public static void ProcessFile(string path) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Processed file '{0}'.", path);	    
    }
}


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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GetFiles from network drive issue
I want to check the existence of an .exe file on a network drive mapped to my machine(e.g: X:\Test). I am calling the following method             Directory.GetFiles(@"X:\Test", "*.exe") - but do not find any .exe even if is there.On the other hand  Directory.GetFiles(@"X:\Test", "*.dll")  - returns the list off all dll from the given location.If I call, Directory.GetFiles(@"X:\Test", "test.exe")- the exe file is returned.Can anyone explain me what is happening?
searchpattern issue?
Why give back the GetFiles(and EnumerableFiles) method to *.bxf searchpattern all of *.bxf* files (except *.bxf.* files)?
I think it should give back just simple bxf extension files.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace GetFilesBUG
{
    class Program
    {
        private const string _directory = @"c:\temp";
        static readonly List<string> _extensions = new List<string> { "bxf.tmp", "bxf", "bxfASDF", "bxftemp", "xml", "sxml", "txt", "txtA" };

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Init();
            foreach (string extension in _extensions)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Getting *." + extension);
                foreach (string file in Directory.GetFiles(_directory, "*." + extension))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(file);
                }
            }
            Remove();
        }

        private static void Init()
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(_directory);
            foreach (string extension in _extensions)
            {
                File.Create(GetFilename(extension)).Close();
            }
        }

        private static void Remove()
        {
            foreach (string extension in _extensions)
            {
                File.Delete(GetFilename(extension));
            }
            Directory.Delete(_directory);
        }

        private static string GetFilename(string extension)
        {
            return Path.Combine(_directory, "file." + extension);
        }


    }
}
a Directory.GetFiles glitch
А, уже нашёл. Надо слэш после имени диска ставить.
I have already found. There should be a slash after the disk name.
a Directory.GetFiles glitch

Почему этот код возвращает неправильные результаты?
Why this code returns wrong results?

Imports System.IO
Module Module1
Sub ScanDisk(ByVal Disk As String)
Dim Files() As String = Directory.GetFiles(Disk, "*.*", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)
Console.WriteLine("Found " & Files.Length & " files on " & Disk)
For Each f In Files
Console.WriteLine(" " & f)
Next
End Sub
Sub Main()
ScanDisk("D:") : Console.WriteLine("Press any key...") : Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module
Results:
Found 5 files on D:
D:\try_Directory.exe
D:\try_Directory.pdb
D:\try_Directory.vshost.exe
D:\try_Directory.vshost.exe.manifest
D:\try_Directory.xml
Press any key...

У меня нет таких файлов на диске D: !
I don't have such files on disk D: !