Directory Class

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

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.IO.Directory

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public NotInheritable Class Directory

[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public static class Directory

The Directory type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	CreateDirectory	When it is called by trusted applications, creates all directories and subdirectories as specified by path.
	Delete(String)	When it is called by trusted applications, deletes an empty directory from a specified path.
	Delete(String, Boolean)	When it is called by trusted applications, deletes the specified directory and, if indicated, any subdirectories and files in the directory.
	EnumerateDirectories(String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of directory names in a specified path.
	EnumerateDirectories(String, String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of directory names that match a search pattern in a specified path.
	EnumerateDirectories(String, String, SearchOption)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of directory names that match a search pattern in a specified path, and optionally searches subdirectories.
	EnumerateFiles(String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file names in a specified path.
	EnumerateFiles(String, String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file names that match a search pattern in a specified path.
	EnumerateFiles(String, String, SearchOption)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file names that match a search pattern in a specified path, and optionally searches subdirectories.
	EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file-system entries in a specified path.
	EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file-system entries that match a search pattern in a specified path.
	EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String, SearchOption)	When it is called by trusted applications, returns an enumerable collection of file names and directory names that match a search pattern in a specified path, and optionally searches subdirectories.
	Exists	When it is called by trusted applications, determines whether the given path refers to an existing directory on disk.
	GetCreationTime	When it is called by trusted applications, gets the creation date and time of a directory.
	GetCurrentDirectory	When it is called by trusted applications, gets the current working directory of the application.
	GetDirectories(String)	Security Critical. Gets the names of subdirectories (including their paths) in the specified directory.
	GetDirectories(String, String)	Security Critical. Gets an array of directories (including their paths) that match the specified search pattern in the current directory.
	GetDirectoryRoot	When it is called by trusted applications, returns the volume information, root information, or both for the specified path.
	GetFiles(String)	Security Critical. Returns the names of files in the specified directory.
	GetFiles(String, String)	Security Critical. Returns the names of files in the specified directory that match the specified search pattern.
	GetFileSystemEntries(String)	Security Critical. Returns the names of all files and subdirectories in the specified directory.
	GetFileSystemEntries(String, String)	Security Critical. Returns an array of file system entries matching the specified search criteria.
	GetLastAccessTime	When it is called by trusted applications, returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last accessed.
	GetLastWriteTime	When it is called by trusted applications, returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last written to.
	Move	When it is called by trusted applications, moves a file or a directory and its contents to a new location.
	SetCurrentDirectory	Security Critical. Sets the application's current working directory to the specified directory.

Top

Remarks

Platform Notes

 Silverlight for Windows Phone

This type is present to support the .NET Compact Framework infrastructure in Silverlight for Windows Phone, and it is not intended to be used in your application code.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System.IO Namespace