Returns the subdirectories of the current directory.
Namespace:
System.IO
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function GetDirectories As DirectoryInfo()
Dim instance As DirectoryInfo
Dim returnValue As DirectoryInfo()
returnValue = instance.GetDirectories()
public DirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories()
public:
array<DirectoryInfo^>^ GetDirectories()
public function GetDirectories() : DirectoryInfo[]
If there are no subdirectories, this method returns an empty array. This method is not recursive.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following example retrieves all the directories in the root directory and displays the directory names.
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Public Class GetDirectoriesTest
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Make a reference to a directory.
Dim di As New DirectoryInfo("c:\")
' Get a reference to each directory in that directory.
Dim diArr As DirectoryInfo() = di.GetDirectories()
' Display the names of the directories.
Dim dri As DirectoryInfo
For Each dri In diArr
Console.WriteLine(dri.Name)
Next dri
End Sub 'Main
End Class 'GetDirectoriesTest
using System;
using System.IO;
public class GetDirectoriesTest
{
public static void Main()
{
// Make a reference to a directory.
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("c:\\");
// Get a reference to each directory in that directory.
DirectoryInfo[] diArr = di.GetDirectories();
// Display the names of the directories.
foreach (DirectoryInfo dri in diArr)
Console.WriteLine(dri.Name);
}
}
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main()
{
// Make a reference to a directory.
DirectoryInfo^ di = gcnew DirectoryInfo( "c:\\" );
// Get a reference to each directory in that directory.
array<DirectoryInfo^>^diArr = di->GetDirectories();
// Display the names of the directories.
Collections::IEnumerator^ myEnum = diArr->GetEnumerator();
while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
{
DirectoryInfo^ dri = safe_cast<DirectoryInfo^>(myEnum->Current);
Console::WriteLine( dri->Name );
}
}
import System;
import System.IO;
public class GetDirectoriesTest {
public static function Main() {
// Make a reference to a directory.
var di : DirectoryInfo = new DirectoryInfo("c:\\");
// Get a reference to each directory in that directory.
var diArr : DirectoryInfo[] = di.GetDirectories();
// Display the names of the directories.
for(var i : int in diArr)
Console.WriteLine(diArr[i].Name);
}
}
GetDirectoriesTest.Main();
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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