Exposes static methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited.

The following tables list the members exposed by the Directory type.

 Public Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateDirectory	Overloaded. Creates all the directories in a specified path.
	Delete	Overloaded. Deletes a specified directory.
	Equals	Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. (Inherited from Object.)
	Exists	Determines whether the given path refers to an existing directory on disk.
	GetAccessControl	Overloaded. Returns the Windows access control list (ACL) for a directory.
	GetCreationTime	Gets the creation date and time of a directory.
	GetCreationTimeUtc	Gets the creation date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, of a directory.
	GetCurrentDirectory	Gets the current working directory of the application.
	GetDirectories	Overloaded. Gets the names of subdirectories in a specified directory.
	GetDirectoryRoot	Returns the volume information, root information, or both for the specified path.
	GetFiles	Overloaded. Returns the names of files in a specified directory.
	GetFileSystemEntries	Overloaded. Returns the names of all files and subdirectories in a specified directory.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. GetHashCode is suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetLastAccessTime	Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last accessed.
	GetLastAccessTimeUtc	Returns the date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, that the specified file or directory was last accessed.
	GetLastWriteTime	Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last written to.
	GetLastWriteTimeUtc	Returns the date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, that the specified file or directory was last written to.
	GetLogicalDrives	Retrieves the names of the logical drives on this computer in the form "<drive letter>:\".
	GetParent	Retrieves the parent directory of the specified path, including both absolute and relative paths.
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	Move	Moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location.
	ReferenceEquals	Determines whether the specified Object instances are the same instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	SetAccessControl	Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a DirectorySecurity object to the specified directory.
	SetCreationTime	Sets the creation date and time for the specified file or directory.
	SetCreationTimeUtc	Sets the creation date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, for the specified file or directory.
	SetCurrentDirectory	Sets the application's current working directory to the specified directory.
	SetLastAccessTime	Sets the date and time the specified file or directory was last accessed.
	SetLastAccessTimeUtc	Sets the date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, that the specified file or directory was last accessed.
	SetLastWriteTime	Sets the date and time a directory was last written to.
	SetLastWriteTimeUtc	Sets the date and time, in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format, that a directory was last written to.
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)

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 See Also

Reference

Directory Class
System.IO Namespace
File
DirectoryInfo
FileInfo

Other Resources

File and Stream I/O
How to: Read Text from a File
How to: Write Text to a File
Basic File I/O
How to: Read and Write to a Newly Created Data File