FileSystemInfo Class

Other Versions

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Provides the base class for both FileInfo and DirectoryInfo objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
  System.IO::FileSystemInfo
    System.IO::DirectoryInfo
    System.IO::FileInfo

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

Syntax

C++

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

The FileSystemInfo type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	FileSystemInfo	Security Critical. Initializes a new instance of the FileSystemInfo class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Attributes	Gets or sets the FileAttributes of the current FileSystemInfo.
	CreationTime	Gets or sets the creation time of the current FileSystemInfo object.
	Exists	Gets a value indicating whether the file or directory exists.
	Extension	Gets the string representing the extension part of the file.
	FullName	Gets the full path of the directory or file.
	LastAccessTime	Gets or sets the time the current file or directory was last accessed.
	LastWriteTime	Gets or sets the time when the current file or directory was last written to.
	Name	For files, gets the name of the file. For directories, gets the name of the last directory in the hierarchy if a hierarchy exists. Otherwise, the Name property gets the name of the directory.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete	Deletes a file or directory.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Refresh	Refreshes the state of the object.
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	FullPath	Infrastructure. Represents the fully qualified path of the directory or file.
	OriginalPath	Infrastructure. The path originally specified by the user, whether relative or absolute.

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Remarks

Version Notes

Windows Phone

This type is present to support the .NET Compact Framework infrastructure in Windows Phone, and it is not intended to be used in your application code.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms