Directory

Directory


Provides a set of static methods for manipulating and retrieving directory information.


Public:

Types:

NameDescription
 SearchOption Specifies whether to search the current directory, or the current directory and all subdirectories.  

Methods:

NameDescription
 CreateDirectory Creates a directory and any subdirectories in the specified path.  
 Delete Deletes directories and files within directories.  
 Exists Checks if the path exists.  
 GetCreationTime Returns the time of creation for the specified directory in local time.  
 GetCreationTimeUtc Returns the time of creation for the specified directory in UTC time.  
 GetCurrentDirectory Returns the current directory the application is set to.  
 GetDirectories Returns a list of all the directories found in the specified directory that matches the search pattern.  
 GetDirectoryRoot Returns the root directory of the specified path.  
 GetFiles Returns a list of all the files that match a pattern within the specified directory.  
 GetFileSystemEntries Returns both directories and files that match the specified pattern.  
 GetLastAccessTime Returns the time the directory was last accessed in local time.  
 GetLastAccessTimeUtc Returns the time the directory was last accessed in UTC time.  
 GetLastWriteTime Returns the time the directory was last written to in local time.  
 GetLastWriteTimeUtc Returns the time the directory was last written to in UTC time.  
 GetLogicalDrives Returns a list of the logical drives installed on this machine.  
 GetParent Returns the parent of the specified directory.  
 Move Moves a directory and all of its contents to another location.  
 SetCreationTime Sets the creation time of the specified directory to the local time.  
 SetCreationTimeUtc Sets the creation time of the specified directory to UTC time.  
 SetCurrentDirectory Changes the current directory to the specified directory.  
 SetLastAccessTime Sets the time the directory was last accessed in local time.  
 SetLastAccessTimeUtc Sets the time the directory was last accessed in UTC time.  
 SetLastWriteTime Sets the time the directory was last written to in local time.  
 SetLastWriteTimeUtc Sets the time the directory was last written to in UTC time.  

Remarks

Use the Directory class for typical operations such as copying, moving, renaming, creating, and deleting directories. You can also use the Directory class to get and set DateTime information related to the creation, access, and writing of a directory.

Examples

The following code example determines whether a specified directory exists, deletes it if it exists, and creates it if it does not exist. This example then moves the directory, creates a file in the directory, and counts the files in the directory. 

Public Sub Main()
    Const Source As String = "c:\MyDir"
    Const Target As String = "c:\TestDir"
    
    On Error GoTo Catch
    
    If Not Directory.Exists(Source) Then
        Directory.CreateDirectory Source
    End If
    
    File.CreateText Path.Combine(Source, "MyDirFile.txt")
    
    If Directory.Exists(Target) Then
        Directory.Delete Target, True
    End If
    
    Directory.Move Source, Target
    
    File.CreateText Path.Combine(Target, "TestDirFile.txt")
    
    Debug.Print CorString.Format("The number of files in {0} is {1}", _
        Target, CorArray.Length(Directory.GetFiles(Target)))
    
    Exit Sub
    
Catch:
    Dim Ex As Exception
    Catch Ex, Err
    Debug.Print "The process failed: " & Ex.Message
End Sub

See Also

Project CorLib Overview

Class Directory Overview

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