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FileAccess Enumeration

Defines constants for read, write, or read/write access to a file.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public enum FileAccess

Remarks

This enumeration has a ComVisibleAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

A FileAccess parameter is specified in many of the constructors for File, FileInfo, FileStream, and other constructors where it is important to control the kind of access users have to a file.

Version Information

Available in the .NET Micro Framework versions 3.0, 4.0, and 4.1.

Members

  Member name Description
Read Read access to the file. Data can be read from the file. Combine with Write for read/write access.
ReadWrite Read and write access to the file. Data can be written to and read from the file.
Write Write access to the file. Data can be written to the file. Combine with Read for read/write access.

See Also

Reference

System.IO Namespace