DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories Method (String)

Wildcards are permitted. For example, the searchPattern string "*t" searches for all directory names in path ending with the letter "t". The searchPattern string "s*" searches for all directory names in path beginning with the letter "s".

The string ".." can only be used in searchPattern if it is specified as a part of a valid directory name, such as in the directory name "a..b". It cannot be used to move up the directory hierarchy.

If there are no subdirectories, or no subdirectories match the searchPattern parameter, this method returns an empty array.

This method pre-populates the values of the following DirectoryInfo properties:

• Attributes

• CreationTime

• CreationTimeUtc

• LastAccessTime

• LastAccessTimeUtc

• LastWriteTime

• LastWriteTimeUtc

The following example counts the directories in a path that contain the specified letter.

using System;
using System.IO;

class Test 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        try 
        {
            DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"c:\");

            // Get only subdirectories that contain the letter "p."
            DirectoryInfo[] dirs = di.GetDirectories("*p*");
            Console.WriteLine("The number of directories containing the letter p is {0}.", dirs.Length);

            foreach (DirectoryInfo diNext in dirs) 
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The number of files in {0} is {1}", diNext, 
                    diNext.GetFiles().Length);
            }
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

• FileIOPermission  

  for reading from files and directories and for access to the path. Associated enumerations: FileIOPermissionAccess.Read, FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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