FileInfo Methods
.NET Framework 4.5
The FileInfo type exposes the following members.
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AppendText | Creates a StreamWriter that appends text to the file represented by this instance of the FileInfo. |
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CopyTo(String) | Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
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CopyTo(String, Boolean) | Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
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Create | Creates a file. |
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CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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CreateText | Creates a StreamWriter that writes a new text file. |
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Decrypt | Decrypts a file that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
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Delete | Permanently deletes a file. (Overrides FileSystemInfo.Delete().) |
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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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Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetAccessControl() | Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
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GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections) | Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the specified type of access control list (ACL) entries for the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
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GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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GetObjectData | Sets the SerializationInfo object with the file name and additional exception information. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
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GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
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InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
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MoveTo | Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name. |
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Open(FileMode) | Opens a file in the specified mode. |
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Open(FileMode, FileAccess) | Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access. |
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Open(FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare) | Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option. |
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OpenRead | Creates a read-only FileStream. |
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OpenText | Creates a StreamReader with UTF8 encoding that reads from an existing text file. |
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OpenWrite | Creates a write-only FileStream. |
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Refresh | Refreshes the state of the object. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
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Replace(String, String) | Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. |
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Replace(String, String, Boolean) | Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. Also specifies whether to ignore merge errors. |
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SetAccessControl | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
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ToString | Returns the path as a string. (Overrides Object.ToString().) |
