DirectoryInfo Methods |
The DirectoryInfo type exposes the following members.
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Compress | [AlphaFS] Compresses a directory using NTFS compression. |
| Compress(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Compresses a directory using NTFS compression. |
| CopyTo(String) | [AlphaFS] Copies a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing directory to a new directory, allowing the overwriting of an existing directory, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing directory to a new directory, allowing the overwriting of an existing directory, CopyOptions can be specified. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing directory to a new directory, allowing the overwriting of an existing directory, CopyOptions can be specified.
and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function. |
| CopyTo(String, CopyOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Copies an existing directory to a new directory, allowing the overwriting of an existing directory, CopyOptions can be specified.
and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function. |
| CountFileSystemObjects(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Counts file system objects: files, folders or both) in a given directory. |
| CountFileSystemObjects(String, DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Counts file system objects: files, folders or both) in a given directory. |
| Create | Creates a directory. |
| Create(Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a directory using a DirectorySecurity object. |
| Create(DirectorySecurity) | Creates a directory using a DirectorySecurity object. |
| Create(DirectorySecurity, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a directory using a DirectorySecurity object. |
| 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.) |
| CreateSubdirectory(String) | Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| CreateSubdirectory(String, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| CreateSubdirectory(String, DirectorySecurity) | Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| CreateSubdirectory(String, DirectorySecurity, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| CreateSubdirectory(String, String, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| CreateSubdirectory(String, String, DirectorySecurity, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Creates a subdirectory or subdirectories on the specified path. The specified path can be relative to this instance of the DirectoryInfo class. |
| Decompress | [AlphaFS] Decompresses an NTFS compressed directory. |
| Decompress(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Decompresses an NTFS compressed directory. |
| Decrypt | [AlphaFS] Decrypts a directory that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
| Decrypt(Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Decrypts a directory that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
| Delete | Deletes this DirectoryInfo if it is empty. (Overrides FileSystemInfoDelete.) |
| Delete(Boolean) | Deletes this instance of a DirectoryInfo, specifying whether to delete subdirectories and files. |
| Delete(Boolean, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Deletes this instance of a DirectoryInfo, specifying whether to delete files and subdirectories. |
| DeleteEmptySubdirectories | [AlphaFS] Deletes empty subdirectories from the DirectoryInfo instance. |
| DeleteEmptySubdirectories(Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Deletes empty subdirectories from the DirectoryInfo instance. |
| DeleteEmptySubdirectories(Boolean, Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Deletes empty subdirectories from the DirectoryInfo instance. |
| DisableCompression | [AlphaFS] Disables compression of the specified directory and the files in it. |
| DisableEncryption | [AlphaFS] Disables encryption of the specified directory and the files in it. It does not affect encryption of subdirectories below the indicated directory. |
| EnableCompression | [AlphaFS] Enables compression of the specified directory and the files in it. |
| EnableEncryption | [AlphaFS] Enables encryption of the specified directory and the files in it. It does not affect encryption of subdirectories below the indicated directory. |
| Encrypt | [AlphaFS] Encrypts a directory so that only the account used to encrypt the directory can decrypt it. |
| Encrypt(Boolean) | [AlphaFS] Decrypts a directory that was encrypted by the current account using the Encrypt method. |
| EnumerateAlternateDataStreams | [AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of AlternateDataStreamInfo instances for the directory. |
| EnumerateDirectories | Returns an enumerable collection of directory information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateDirectories(String) | Returns an enumerable collection of directory information that matches a specified search pattern. |
| EnumerateDirectories(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of directory information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateDirectories(String, DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | Returns an enumerable collection of directory information that matches a specified search pattern. |
| EnumerateDirectories(String, SearchOption) | Returns an enumerable collection of directory information that matches a specified search pattern and search subdirectory option. |
| EnumerateFiles | Returns an enumerable collection of file information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateFiles(String) | Returns an enumerable collection of file information that matches a search pattern. |
| EnumerateFiles(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | Returns an enumerable collection of file information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateFiles(String, DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | Returns an enumerable collection of file information that matches a search pattern. |
| EnumerateFiles(String, SearchOption) | Returns an enumerable collection of file information that matches a specified search pattern and search subdirectory option. |
| EnumerateFileSystemInfos | Returns an enumerable collection of file system information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateFileSystemInfos(String) | Returns an enumerable collection of file system information that matches a specified search pattern. |
| EnumerateFileSystemInfos(DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of file system information in the current directory. |
| EnumerateFileSystemInfos(String, DirectoryEnumerationOptions) | [AlphaFS] Returns an enumerable collection of file system information that matches a specified search pattern. |
| EnumerateFileSystemInfos(String, SearchOption) | Returns an enumerable collection of file system information that matches a specified search pattern and search subdirectory option. |
| 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 DirectorySecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for the directory described by the current DirectoryInfo object. |
| GetAccessControl(AccessControlSections) | Gets a DirectorySecurity object that encapsulates the specified type of access control list (ACL) entries for the directory described by the current DirectoryInfo object. |
| GetDirectories | Returns the subdirectories of the current directory. |
| GetDirectories(String) | Returns an array of directories in the current DirectoryInfo matching the given search criteria. |
| GetDirectories(String, SearchOption) | Returns an array of directories in the current DirectoryInfo matching the given search criteria and using a value to determine whether to search subdirectories. |
| GetFiles | Returns a file list from the current directory. |
| GetFiles(String) | Returns a file list from the current directory matching the given search pattern. |
| GetFiles(String, SearchOption) | Returns a file list from the current directory matching the given search pattern and using a value to determine whether to search subdirectories. |
| GetFileSystemInfos | Returns an array of strongly typed FileSystemInfo entries representing all the files and subdirectories in a directory. |
| GetFileSystemInfos(String) | Retrieves an array of strongly typed FileSystemInfo objects representing the files and subdirectories that match the specified search criteria. |
| GetFileSystemInfos(String, SearchOption) | Retrieves an array of strongly typed FileSystemInfo objects representing the files and subdirectories that match the specified search criteria. |
| 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 DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path. |
| MoveTo(String, MoveOptions) | [AlphaFS] Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path, MoveOptions can be specified. |
| MoveTo(String, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path. |
| MoveTo(String, MoveOptions, PathFormat) | [AlphaFS] Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path, MoveOptions can be specified. |
| MoveTo(String, MoveOptions, CopyMoveProgressRoutine, Object) | [AlphaFS] Moves a DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path, 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 DirectoryInfo instance and its contents to a new path, MoveOptions can be specified,
and the possibility of notifying the application of its progress through a callback function. |
| Refresh | Refreshes the state of the object. |
| RefreshEntryInfo | Refreshes the state of the FileSystemEntryInfo EntryInfo instance. |
| SetAccessControl(DirectorySecurity) | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a DirectorySecurity object to the directory described by the current DirectoryInfo object. |
| SetAccessControl(DirectorySecurity, AccessControlSections) | Applies access control list (ACL) entries described by a DirectorySecurity object to the directory described by the current DirectoryInfo object. |
| ToString | Returns the original path that was passed by the user. (Overrides FileSystemInfoToString.) |
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