• Article

Directory.GetDirectories Method (String)

Microsoft Silverlight will reach end of support after October 2021. Learn more.

This member can be used only by trusted applications. If you try to use this member in a partial-trust application, your code will throw a MethodAccessException exception. This member is security-critical, which restricts its use.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

Gets the names of subdirectories (including their paths) in the specified directory.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SecurityCriticalAttribute> _
Public Shared Function GetDirectories ( _
    path As String _
) As String()

[SecurityCriticalAttribute]
public static string[] GetDirectories(
    string path
)

Parameters

  • path
    Type: System.String
    The path for which an array of subdirectory names is returned.

Return Value

Type: array<System.String[]
An array of type String containing the names of subdirectories in path.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.