directoryinfo – Tarik Billa

Directory vs DirectoryInfo

May 22, 2023 by Tarik

Directory is a static class that provides static methods for working with directories. DirectoryInfo is an instance of a class that provides information about a specific directory. So for example, if you wanted the information about C:\Temp: var dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(“C:\\Temp”); if (dirInfo.Exists) { FileInfo[] files = dirInfo.GetFiles(“*.*”, SearchOption.AllDirectories); … } If you just … Read more

Is there an async version of DirectoryInfo.GetFiles / Directory.GetDirectories in dotNet?

April 9, 2023 by Tarik

No, I don’t think there is. The pool thread approach is probably the most pragmatic. Alternatively, I guess you could drop down to P/Invoke – but that would be a lot more work.