SearchOption Enumeration
Specifies whether to search the current directory, or the current directory and all subdirectories.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The following code example lists all of the directories and files that begin with the letter "c" in "c:\". In this example, the SearchOption is used to specify not to search all subdirectories.
Imports System Imports System.IO Class App Public Shared Sub Main() ' Specify the directory you want to manipulate. Dim path As String = "c:\\" Dim searchPattern As String = "c*" Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(path) Dim directories() As DirectoryInfo = _ di.GetDirectories(searchPattern, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) Dim files() As FileInfo = _ di.GetFiles(searchPattern, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly) Console.WriteLine( _ "Directories that begin with the letter 'c' in {0}", path) Dim dir As DirectoryInfo For Each dir In directories Console.WriteLine( _ "{0,-25} {1,25}", dir.FullName, dir.LastWriteTime) Next dir Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine( _ "Files that begin with the letter 'c' in {0}", path) Dim file As FileInfo For Each file In files Console.WriteLine( _ "{0,-25} {1,25}", file.Name, file.LastWriteTime) Next file End Sub End Class
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