DirectoryInfo Members (System.IO)

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DirectoryInfo Members

Updated: November 2007

Exposes instance methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited.

The DirectoryInfo type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DirectoryInfo	Initializes a new instance of the DirectoryInfo class on the specified path.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Create	Overloaded. Creates a directory.
	CreateObjRef	Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	CreateSubdirectory	Overloaded. Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class.
	Delete	Overloaded. Deletes a DirectoryInfo and its contents from a path.
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetAccessControl	Overloaded. Gets the access control list (ACL) entries for the current directory.
	GetDirectories	Overloaded. Returns the subdirectories of the current directory.
	GetFiles	Overloaded. Returns a file list from the current directory.
	GetFileSystemInfos	Overloaded. Retrieves an array of strongly typed FileSystemInfo objects representing files and subdirectories of the current directory.
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetLifetimeService	Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	GetObjectData	Sets the SerializationInfo object with the file name and additional exception information. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	InitializeLifetimeService	Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
	MemberwiseClone	Overloaded.
	MoveTo	Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path.
	Refresh	Refreshes the state of the object. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	SetAccessControl	Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a DirectorySecurity object to the directory described by the current DirectoryInfo object.
	ToString	Returns the original path that was passed by the user. (Overrides Object..::.ToString()()().)

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Fields

	Name	Description
	FullPath	Represents the fully qualified path of the directory or file. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	OriginalPath	The path originally specified by the user, whether relative or absolute. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)

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Properties

	Name	Description
	Attributes	Gets or sets the FileAttributes of the current FileSystemInfo. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	CreationTime	Gets or sets the creation time of the current FileSystemInfo object. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	CreationTimeUtc	Gets or sets the creation time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), of the current FileSystemInfo object. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	Exists	Gets a value indicating whether the directory exists. (Overrides FileSystemInfo..::.Exists.)
	Extension	Gets the string representing the extension part of the file. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	FullName	Gets the full path of the directory or file. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	LastAccessTime	Gets or sets the time the current file or directory was last accessed. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	LastAccessTimeUtc	Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the current file or directory was last accessed. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	LastWriteTime	Gets or sets the time when the current file or directory was last written to. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	LastWriteTimeUtc	Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), when the current file or directory was last written to. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
	Name	Gets the name of this DirectoryInfo instance. (Overrides FileSystemInfo..::.Name.)
	Parent	Gets the parent directory of a specified subdirectory.
	Root	Gets the root portion of a path.

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DirectoryInfo Class

System.IO Namespace

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