C# 5.0 Programmer's Reference

Appendix S Filesystem Classes

This appendix describes the .NET Framework’s filesystem classes. It also summarizes methods you can use to manage the recycle bin.

Framework Classes

The System.IO namespace provides several classes for working with the filesystem. The following sections describe the properties, methods, and events provided by these classes.

Directory

The Directory class provides static methods for working with directories. The following table summarizes those static methods.

Method	Purpose
CreateDirectory	Creates a directory and any missing directories along its path.
Delete	Deletes a directory and its contents. It can recursively delete all subdirectories.
Exists	Returns true if the path points to an existing directory.
GetCreationTime	Returns a directory’s creation date and time.
GetCreationTimeUtc	Returns a directory’s creation date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
GetCurrentDirectory	Returns the application’s current working directory.
GetDirectories	Returns an array of strings holding the fully qualified names of a directory’s subdirectories.
GetDirectoryRoot	Returns the directory root for a path, which need not exist (for example, C:\).
GetFiles	Returns an array of strings holding the fully qualified names of a directory’s files.
GetFileSystemEntries	Returns an array of strings holding the fully qualified names of a directory’s files and subdirectories.
GetLastAccessTime	Returns a directory’s last access date and time.
GetLastAccessTimeUtc