DirectoryInfo Class
Exposes instance methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited.
Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
public sealed class DirectoryInfo
Remarks
Use the DirectoryInfo class for typical operations such as copying, moving, renaming, creating, and deleting directories.
If you are going to reuse an object several times, consider using the instance method of DirectoryInfo instead of the corresponding static methods of the Directory class, because a security check will not always be necessary.
Note
In members that accept a path as an input string, that path must be well-formed or an exception is raised. For example, if a path is fully qualified but begins with a space, the path is not trimmed in methods of the class. Therefore, the path is malformed and an exception is raised. Similarly, a path or a combination of paths cannot be fully qualified twice. For example, "c:\temp c:\windows" also raises an exception in most cases. Ensure that your paths are well-formed when using methods that accept a path string.
In members that accept a path, the path can refer to a file or just a directory. The specified path can also refer to a relative path or a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path for a server and share name. For example, all of the following are acceptable paths:
- "c:\\MyDir\\MyFile.txt" in C#
- "c:\\MyDir" in C#
- "MyDir\\MySubdir" in C#
- "\\\\MyServer\\MyShare" in C#
By default, full read/write access to new directories is granted to all users.
Version Information
Available in the .NET Micro Framework versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.