Try this iterator block version that avoids recursion and the Info
objects:
public static IEnumerable<string> GetFileList(string fileSearchPattern, string rootFolderPath)
{
Queue<string> pending = new Queue<string>();
pending.Enqueue(rootFolderPath);
string[] tmp;
while (pending.Count > 0)
{
rootFolderPath = pending.Dequeue();
try
{
tmp = Directory.GetFiles(rootFolderPath, fileSearchPattern);
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException)
{
continue;
}
for (int i = 0; i < tmp.Length; i++)
{
yield return tmp[i];
}
tmp = Directory.GetDirectories(rootFolderPath);
for (int i = 0; i < tmp.Length; i++)
{
pending.Enqueue(tmp[i]);
}
}
}
Note also that 4.0 has inbuilt iterator block versions (EnumerateFiles
, EnumerateFileSystemEntries
) that may be faster (more direct access to the file system; less arrays)