File Methods
.NET Framework 4
The File type exposes the following members.
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AppendAllLines(String, IEnumerable<String>) | Appends lines to a file, and then closes the file. |
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AppendAllLines(String, IEnumerable<String>, Encoding) | Appends lines to a file by using a specified encoding, and then closes the file. |
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AppendAllText(String, String) | Opens a file, appends the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the file does not exist, this method creates a file, writes the specified string to the file, then closes the file. |
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AppendAllText(String, String, Encoding) | Appends the specified string to the file, creating the file if it does not already exist. |
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AppendText | Creates a StreamWriter that appends UTF-8 encoded text to an existing file. |
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Copy(String, String) | Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is not allowed. |
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Copy(String, String, Boolean) | Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is allowed. |
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Create(String) | Creates or overwrites a file in the specified path. |
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Create(String, Int32) | Creates or overwrites the specified file. |
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Create(String, Int32, FileOptions) | Creates or overwrites the specified file, specifying a buffer size and a FileOptions value that describes how to create or overwrite the file. |
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Create(String, Int32, FileOptions, FileSecurity) | Creates or overwrites the specified file with the specified buffer size, file options, and file security. |
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CreateText | Creates or opens a file for writing UTF-8 encoded text. |
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Decrypt | Decrypts a file that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
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Delete | Deletes the specified file. |
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Encrypt | Encrypts a file so that only the account used to encrypt the file can decrypt it. |
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Exists | Determines whether the specified file exists. |
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GetAccessControl(String) | Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for a specified file. |
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GetAccessControl(String, AccessControlSections) | Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the specified type of access control list (ACL) entries for a particular file. |
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GetAttributes | Gets the FileAttributes of the file on the path. |
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GetCreationTime | Returns the creation date and time of the specified file or directory. |
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GetCreationTimeUtc | Returns the creation date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), of the specified file or directory. |
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GetLastAccessTime | Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last accessed. |
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GetLastAccessTimeUtc | Returns the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file or directory was last accessed. |
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GetLastWriteTime | Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last written to. |
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GetLastWriteTimeUtc | Returns the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file or directory was last written to. |
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Move | Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name. |
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Open(String, FileMode) | Opens a FileStream on the specified path with read/write access. |
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Open(String, FileMode, FileAccess) | Opens a FileStream on the specified path, with the specified mode and access. |
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Open(String, FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare) | Opens a FileStream on the specified path, having the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option. |
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OpenRead | Opens an existing file for reading. |
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OpenText | Opens an existing UTF-8 encoded text file for reading. |
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OpenWrite | Opens an existing file or creates a new file for writing. |
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ReadAllBytes | Opens a binary file, reads the contents of the file into a byte array, and then closes the file. |
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ReadAllLines(String) | Opens a text file, reads all lines of the file, and then closes the file. |
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ReadAllLines(String, Encoding) | Opens a file, reads all lines of the file with the specified encoding, and then closes the file. |
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ReadAllText(String) | Opens a text file, reads all lines of the file, and then closes the file. |
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ReadAllText(String, Encoding) | Opens a file, reads all lines of the file with the specified encoding, and then closes the file. |
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ReadLines(String) | Reads the lines of a file. |
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ReadLines(String, Encoding) | Read the lines of a file that has a specified encoding. |
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Replace(String, String, String) | Replaces the contents of a specified file with the contents of another file, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. |
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Replace(String, String, String, Boolean) | Replaces the contents of a specified file with the contents of another file, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file and optionally ignores merge errors. |
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SetAccessControl | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the specified file. |
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SetAttributes | Sets the specified FileAttributes of the file on the specified path. |
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SetCreationTime | Sets the date and time the file was created. |
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SetCreationTimeUtc | Sets the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the file was created. |
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SetLastAccessTime | Sets the date and time the specified file was last accessed. |
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SetLastAccessTimeUtc | Sets the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file was last accessed. |
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SetLastWriteTime | Sets the date and time that the specified file was last written to. |
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SetLastWriteTimeUtc | Sets the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file was last written to. |
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WriteAllBytes | Creates a new file, writes the specified byte array to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten. |
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WriteAllLines(String, IEnumerable<String>) | Creates a new file, writes a collection of strings to the file, and then closes the file. |
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WriteAllLines(String, String[]) | Creates a new file, write the specified string array to the file, and then closes the file. |
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WriteAllLines(String, IEnumerable<String>, Encoding) | Creates a new file by using the specified encoding, writes a collection of strings to the file, and then closes the file. |
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WriteAllLines(String, String[], Encoding) | Creates a new file, writes the specified string array to the file by using the specified encoding, and then closes the file. |
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WriteAllText(String, String) | Creates a new file, writes the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten. |
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WriteAllText(String, String, Encoding) | Creates a new file, writes the specified string to the file using the specified encoding, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten. |
