Gets or sets a value indicating whether subdirectories within the specified path should be monitored.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
<IODescriptionAttribute("FSW_IncludeSubdirectories")> _
Public Property IncludeSubdirectories As Boolean[IODescriptionAttribute("FSW_IncludeSubdirectories")]
public bool IncludeSubdirectories { get; set; }[IODescriptionAttribute(L"FSW_IncludeSubdirectories")]
public:
property bool IncludeSubdirectories {
bool get ();
void set (bool value);
}[<IODescriptionAttribute("FSW_IncludeSubdirectories")>]
member IncludeSubdirectories : bool with get, set
Property Value
Type: Systemtrue if you want to monitor subdirectories; otherwise, false. The default is false.
Set IncludeSubdirectories to true when you want to watch for change notifications for files and directories contained within the directory specified through the Path property, and its subdirectories. Setting the IncludeSubdirectories property to false helps reduce the number of notifications sent to the internal buffer. For more information on filtering out unwanted notifications, see the NotifyFilter and InternalBufferSize properties.
When true, IncludeSubdirectories is recursive through the entire sub tree, not just the immediate child directories. The relative path to a file or directory within the sub tree returns in the Name property of FileSystemEventArgs and the OldName property of RenamedEventArgs, depending on changes you are watching for. You can get the fully qualified path from the FullPath property of FileSystemEventArgs and the OldFullPath property of RenamedEventArgs, depending on the changes you are watching for.
If a directory is created in the sub tree of the directory you are watching, and IncludeSubdirectories is true, that directory will automatically be watched.
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.