FileInfo Class |
Provides properties and instance methods for the creation, copying, deletion, moving, and opening of files, and aids in the creation of FileStream objects. This class cannot be inherited.
Inheritance HierarchySystemObject
SystemMarshalByRefObject
Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemFileSystemInfo
Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemFileInfo
SystemMarshalByRefObject
Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemFileSystemInfo
Alphaleonis.Win32.FilesystemFileInfo
Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
SyntaxThe FileInfo type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | FileInfo(String) | Initializes a new instance of the FileInfo class, which acts as a wrapper for a file path. |
| FileInfo(String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Initializes a new instance of the FileInfo class, which acts as a wrapper for a file path. |
| FileInfo(KernelTransaction, String) | [AlphaFS] Initializes a new instance of the FileInfo class, which acts as a wrapper for a file path. |
| FileInfo(KernelTransaction, String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Initializes a new instance of the FileInfo class, which acts as a wrapper for a file path. |
Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Attributes |
Gets or sets the attributes for the current file or directory.
(Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| CreationTime | Gets or sets the creation time of the current file or directory. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| CreationTimeUtc | Gets or sets the creation time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), of the current file or directory. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| Directory | Gets an instance of the parent directory. |
| DirectoryName | Gets a string representing the directory's full path. |
 | DisplayPath | Returns the path as a string. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| EntryInfo | [AlphaFS] Gets the instance of the FileSystemEntryInfo class. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| Exists | Gets a value indicating whether the file exists. (Overrides FileSystemInfoExists.) |
| Extension |
Gets the string representing the extension part of the file.
(Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| FullName |
Gets the full path of the directory or file.
(Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| IsDirectory | [AlphaFS] The initial "IsDirectory" indicator that was passed to the constructor. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| IsReadOnly | Gets or sets a value that determines if the current file is read only. |
| LastAccessTime | Gets or sets the time the current file or directory was last accessed. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| LastAccessTimeUtc | Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the current file or directory was last accessed. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| LastWriteTime | Gets or sets the time when the current file or directory was last written to. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| LastWriteTimeUtc | Gets or sets the time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), when the current file or directory was last written to. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| Length | Gets the size, in bytes, of the current file. |
| LongFullName | The full path of the file system object in Unicode (LongPath) format. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| Name | Gets the name of the file. (Overrides FileSystemInfoName.) |
| Transaction | [AlphaFS] Represents the KernelTransaction that was passed to the constructor. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AppendText | Creates a StreamWriter that appends text to the file represented by this instance of the FileInfo. |
| AppendText(Encoding) | Creates a StreamWriter that appends text to the file represented by this instance of the FileInfo. |
| Compress | [AlphaFS] Compresses a file using NTFS compression. |
| CopyTo(String) | Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, disallowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
| CopyTo(String, Boolean) | Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(String, Boolean, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file. |
| CopyTo(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. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, Boolean, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing file to a new file, allowing the overwriting of an existing file, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(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. |
| CopyTo(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. |
| CopyTo(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. |
| Create | Creates a file. |
| CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| CreateText | Creates a instance that writes a new text file. |
| Decompress | [AlphaFS] Decompresses an NTFS compressed file. |
| Decrypt | Decrypts a file that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
| Delete | Permanently deletes a file. (Overrides FileSystemInfoDelete.) |
| Delete(Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Permanently deletes a file. |
| Encrypt | Encrypts a file so that only the account used to encrypt the file can decrypt it. |
| EnumerateAlternateDataStreams | [AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of AlternateDataStreamInfo instances for the file. |
| Equals | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetAccessControl | Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
| GetAccessControl(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. |
| GetHash | [AlphaFS] Calculates the hash/checksum. |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone(Boolean) | Creates a shallow copy of the current MarshalByRefObject object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.) |
| MoveTo(String) | Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name. |
| MoveTo(String, MoveOptions) | [AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name, MoveOptions can be specified. |
| MoveTo(String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name. |
| MoveTo(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. |
| MoveTo(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. |
| MoveTo(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. |
| Open(FileMode) | Opens a file in the specified mode. |
| Open(FileMode, FileAccess) | Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access. |
| Open(FileMode, FileSystemRights) | [AlphaFS] Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access. |
| Open(FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare) | Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option. |
| Open(FileMode, FileSystemRights, FileShare) | [AlphaFS] Opens a file in the specified mode with read, write, or read/write access and the specified sharing option. |
| OpenRead | Creates a read-only FileStream. |
| OpenText | Creates a StreamReader with NativeMethods.DefaultFileEncoding encoding that reads from an existing text file. |
| OpenText(Encoding) | [AlphaFS] Creates a StreamReader with Encoding that reads from an existing text file. |
| OpenWrite | Creates a write-only FileStream. |
| Refresh | Refreshes the state of the object. |
| RefreshEntryInfo | Refreshes the state of the FileSystemEntryInfo EntryInfo instance. |
| Replace(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. |
| Replace(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. |
| Replace(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. |
| Replace(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. |
| SetAccessControl(FileSecurity) | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
| SetAccessControl(FileSecurity, AccessControlSections) | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a FileSecurity object to the file described by the current FileInfo object. |
| ToString | Returns the path as a string. (Overrides FileSystemInfoToString.) |
Fields| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | FullPath | Represents the fully qualified path of the file or directory. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
| OriginalPath | The path originally specified by the user, whether relative or absolute. (Inherited from FileSystemInfo.) |
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