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DirectoryInfoGetDirectories Method (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.

Namespace:  Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly:  AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
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public DirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories(
	string searchPattern,
	SearchOption searchOption
)

Parameters

searchPattern
Type: SystemString
The search string to match against the names of directories in path. This parameter can contain a combination of valid literal path and wildcard (WildcardStarMatchAll and WildcardQuestion) characters, but does not support regular expressions.
searchOption
Type: System.IOSearchOption
One of the SearchOption enumeration values that specifies whether the searchOption should include only the current directory or should include all subdirectories.

Return Value

Type: DirectoryInfo
An array of type DirectoryInfo matching searchPattern.
Exceptions
Remarks
If there are no subdirectories, or no subdirectories match the searchPattern parameter, this method returns an empty array.
Remarks
The EnumerateDirectories and GetDirectories methods differ as follows: When you use EnumerateDirectories, you can start enumerating the collection of names before the whole collection is returned; when you use GetDirectories, you must wait for the whole array of names to be returned before you can access the array. Therefore, when you are working with many files and directories, EnumerateDirectories can be more efficient.
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