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FileSystem.GetFileInfo Method

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Returns a FileInfo object for the specified file.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualBasic (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Syntax

C++

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public static FileInfo GetFileInfo(
	string file
)

Parameters

file: Type: System.String
Name and path of the file.

Return Value

Type: System.IO.FileInfo
FileInfo object for the specified file

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The path name is malformed. For example, it contains invalid characters or is only white space. The file name has a trailing slash mark.
ArgumentNullException	file is Nothing or an empty string.
NotSupportedException	The path contains a colon in the middle of the string.
PathTooLongException	The path is too long.
SecurityException	The user lacks necessary permissions.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The user lacks ACL (access control list) access to the file.

Remarks

An exception is not thrown if the file does not exist; rather, it will be thrown the first time the object's properties are accessed.

The following table lists examples of tasks involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo method.

To	See
To get information about a file	How to: Get Information About a File in Visual Basic
Determine a file's name and path	How to: Parse File Paths in Visual Basic

Examples

This example retrieves a System.IO.FileInfo object for the file MyLogFile.log and uses it to report the file's full name, last access time, and length.

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Dim information = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo("C:\MyLogFile.log")
MsgBox("The file's full name is " & information.FullName & ".")
MsgBox("Last access time is " & information.LastAccessTime & ".")
MsgBox("The length is " & information.Length & ".")

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

.NET Framework Security

FileIOPermission
Controls the ability to access files and folders. Associated enumeration: Unrestricted.

Platforms

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.

Reference

FileSystem Class

Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO Namespace

System.IO.FileInfo

Other Resources

Objects (Visual Basic)

Walkthrough: Manipulating Files and Directories in Visual Basic

File, Directory, and Drive Properties in Visual Basic

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