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FileInfo Methods

The FileInfo type exposes the following members.

Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodAppendText
Creates a StreamWriter that appends text to the file represented by this instance of the FileInfo.
Public methodAppendText(Encoding)
Creates a StreamWriter that appends text to the file represented by this instance of the FileInfo.
Public methodCompress
[AlphaFS] Compresses a file using NTFS compression.
Public methodCopyTo(String)
Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.
Public methodCopyTo(String, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file.
Public methodCopyTo(String, Boolean)
Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.
Public methodCopyTo(String, Boolean, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.

and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function.

Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.
Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.

and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function.

Public methodCopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified.

and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function.

Public methodCreate
Creates a file.
Public methodCreateObjRef
Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object.
(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public methodCreateText
Creates a instance that writes a new text file.
Public methodDecompress
[AlphaFS] Decompresses an NTFS compressed file.
Public methodDecrypt
Decrypts a file that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method.
Public methodDelete
Permanently deletes a file.
(Overrides FileSystemInfoDelete.)
Public methodDelete(Boolean)
[AlphaFS] Permanently deletes a file.
Public methodEncrypt
Encrypts a file so that only the account used to encrypt the file can decrypt it.
Public methodEnumerateAlternateDataStreams
[AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of AlternateDataStreamInfo instances for the file.
Public methodEquals
Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object.
(Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
Protected methodFinalize
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetAccessControl
Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for the file described by the current FileInfo object.
Public methodGetAccessControl(AccessControlSections)
Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the specified type of access control list (ACL) entries for the file described by the current FileInfo object.
Public methodGetHashCode
Serves as a hash function for a particular type.
(Inherited from FileSystemInfo.)
Public methodGetLifetimeService
Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance.
(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public methodGetType
Gets the Type of the current instance.
(Inherited from Object.)
Public methodInitializeLifetimeService
Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance.
(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.
(Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone(Boolean)
Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object.
(Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
Public methodMoveTo(String)
Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name.
Public methodMoveTo(String, MoveOptions)
[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name, MoveOptions can be specified.
Public methodMoveTo(String, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name.
Public methodMoveTo(String, MoveOptions, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name, MoveOptions can be specified.
Public methodMoveTo(String, MoveOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object)
[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name, MoveOptions can be specified,

and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function.

Public methodMoveTo(String, MoveOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name, MoveOptions can be specified.
Public methodOpen(FileMode)
Opens a file in the specified mode.
Public methodOpen(FileMode, FileAccess)
Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access.
Public methodOpen(FileMode, FileSystemRights)
[AlphaFS] Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access.
Public methodOpen(FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare)
Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option.
Public methodOpen(FileMode, FileSystemRights, FileShare)
[AlphaFS] Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option.
Public methodOpenRead
Creates a read-only FileStream.
Public methodOpenText
Creates a StreamReader with NativeMethods.DefaultFileEncoding encoding that reads from an existing text file.
Public methodOpenText(Encoding)
[AlphaFS] Creates a StreamReader with Encoding that reads from an existing text file.
Public methodOpenWrite
Creates a write-only FileStream.
Public methodRefresh
Refreshes the state of the object.
Public methodRefreshEntryInfo
Refreshes the state of the FileSystemEntryInfo EntryInfo instance.
Public methodReplace(String, String)
Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file.
Public methodReplace(String, String, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. Also specifies whether to ignore merge errors.
Public methodReplace(String, String, Boolean)
Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. Also specifies whether to ignore merge errors.
Public methodReplace(String, String, Boolean, PathFormat)
[AlphaFS] Replaces the contents of a specified file with the file described by the current FileInfo object, deleting the original file, and creating a backup of the replaced file. Also specifies whether to ignore merge errors.
Public methodSetAccessControl(FileSecurity)
Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the file described by the current FileInfo object.
Public methodSetAccessControl(FileSecurity, AccessControlSections)
Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the file described by the current FileInfo object.
Public methodToString
Returns the path as a string.
(Overrides FileSystemInfoToString.)
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