Exposes instance methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited.
<SerializableAttribute> _ <ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _ Public NotInheritable Class DirectoryInfo _ Inherits FileSystemInfo
[SerializableAttribute] [ComVisibleAttribute(true)] public sealed class DirectoryInfo : FileSystemInfo
[SerializableAttribute] [ComVisibleAttribute(true)] public ref class DirectoryInfo sealed : public FileSystemInfo
[<Sealed>] [<SerializableAttribute>] [<ComVisibleAttribute(true)>] type DirectoryInfo = class inherit FileSystemInfo end
The DirectoryInfo type exposes the following members.
Use the DirectoryInfo class for typical operations such as copying, moving, renaming, creating, and deleting directories.
If you are going to reuse an object several times, consider using the instance method of DirectoryInfo instead of the corresponding static methods of the Directory class, because a security check will not always be necessary.
In members that accept a path as an input string, that path must be well-formed or an exception is raised. For example, if a path is fully qualified but begins with a space, the path is not trimmed in methods of the class. Therefore, the path is malformed and an exception is raised. Similarly, a path or a combination of paths cannot be fully qualified twice. For example, "c:\temp c:\windows" also raises an exception in most cases. Ensure that your paths are well-formed when using methods that accept a path string.
In members that accept a path, the path can refer to a file or just a directory. The specified path can also refer to a relative path or a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path for a server and share name. For example, all the following are acceptable paths:
"c:\\MyDir\\MyFile.txt" in C#, or "c:\MyDir\MyFile.txt" in Visual Basic.
"c:\\MyDir" in C#, or "c:\MyDir" in Visual Basic.
"MyDir\\MySubdir" in C#, or "MyDir\MySubDir" in Visual Basic.
"\\\\MyServer\\MyShare" in C#, or "\\MyServer\MyShare" in Visual Basic.
By default, full read/write access to new directories is granted to all users.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following example demonstrates some of the main members of the DirectoryInfo class.
Imports System Imports System.IO Public Class Test Public Shared Sub Main() ' Specify the directories you want to manipulate. Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo("c:\MyDir") Try ' Determine whether the directory exists. If di.Exists Then ' Indicate that it already exists. Console.WriteLine("That path exists already.") Return End If ' Try to create the directory. di.Create() Console.WriteLine("The directory was created successfully.") ' Delete the directory. di.Delete() Console.WriteLine("The directory was deleted successfully.") Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString()) End Try End Sub End Class
using System; using System.IO; class Test { public static void Main() { // Specify the directories you want to manipulate. DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(@"c:\MyDir"); try { // Determine whether the directory exists. if (di.Exists) { // Indicate that the directory already exists. Console.WriteLine("That path exists already."); return; } // Try to create the directory. di.Create(); Console.WriteLine("The directory was created successfully."); // Delete the directory. di.Delete(); Console.WriteLine("The directory was deleted successfully."); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString()); } finally {} } }
using namespace System; using namespace System::IO; int main() { // Specify the directories you want to manipulate. DirectoryInfo^ di = gcnew DirectoryInfo( "c:\\MyDir" ); try { // Determine whether the directory exists. if ( di->Exists ) { // Indicate that the directory already exists. Console::WriteLine( "That path exists already." ); return 0; } // Try to create the directory. di->Create(); Console::WriteLine( "The directory was created successfully." ); // Delete the directory. di->Delete(); Console::WriteLine( "The directory was deleted successfully." ); } catch ( Exception^ e ) { Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e ); } }
The following example demonstrates how to copy a directory and its contents.
Imports System Imports System.IO Class CopyDir Shared Sub CopyAll(ByVal source As DirectoryInfo, ByVal target As DirectoryInfo) If (source.FullName.ToLower() = target.FullName.ToLower()) Then Return End If ' Check if the target directory exists, if not, create it. If Directory.Exists(target.FullName) = False Then Directory.CreateDirectory(target.FullName) End If ' Copy each file into it's new directory. For Each fi As FileInfo In source.GetFiles() Console.WriteLine("Copying {0}\{1}", target.FullName, fi.Name) fi.CopyTo(Path.Combine(target.ToString(), fi.Name), True) Next ' Copy each subdirectory using recursion. For Each diSourceSubDir As DirectoryInfo In source.GetDirectories() Dim nextTargetSubDir As DirectoryInfo = target.CreateSubdirectory(diSourceSubDir.Name) CopyAll(diSourceSubDir, nextTargetSubDir) Next End Sub Shared Sub Main() Dim sourceDirectory As String = "c:\\sourceDirectory" Dim targetDirectory As String = "c:\\targetDirectory" Dim diSource As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(sourceDirectory) Dim diTarget As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(targetDirectory) CopyAll(diSource, diTarget) End Sub ' Output will vary based on the contents of the source directory. End Class
using System; using System.IO; class CopyDir { public static void CopyAll(DirectoryInfo source, DirectoryInfo target) { if (source.FullName.ToLower() == target.FullName.ToLower()) { return; } // Check if the target directory exists, if not, create it. if (Directory.Exists(target.FullName) == false) { Directory.CreateDirectory(target.FullName); } // Copy each file into it's new directory. foreach (FileInfo fi in source.GetFiles()) { Console.WriteLine(@"Copying {0}\{1}", target.FullName, fi.Name); fi.CopyTo(Path.Combine(target.ToString(), fi.Name), true); } // Copy each subdirectory using recursion. foreach (DirectoryInfo diSourceSubDir in source.GetDirectories()) { DirectoryInfo nextTargetSubDir = target.CreateSubdirectory(diSourceSubDir.Name); CopyAll(diSourceSubDir, nextTargetSubDir); } } public static void Main() { string sourceDirectory = @"c:\sourceDirectory"; string targetDirectory = @"c:\targetDirectory"; DirectoryInfo diSource = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDirectory); DirectoryInfo diTarget = new DirectoryInfo(targetDirectory); CopyAll(diSource, diTarget); } // Output will vary based on the contents of the source directory. }
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