Directory.GetFiles Method (String, String)

DirectoryGetFiles Method (String, String)

Returns the names of files (including their paths) that match the specified search pattern in the specified directory.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static string[] GetFiles(
	string path,
	string searchPattern
)

Public Shared Function GetFiles ( 
	path As String,
	searchPattern As String
) As String()

public:
static array<String^>^ GetFiles(
	String^ path, 
	String^ searchPattern
)

static member GetFiles : 
        path : string * 
        searchPattern : string -> string[]

Parameters

path

Type: SystemString
The directory to search.

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.

Return Value

Type: String
An array of the full names (including paths) for the files in the specified directory that match the specified search pattern, or an empty array if no files are found.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException

Remarks

The returned file names are appended to the supplied path parameter.

Remarks

The order of the returned file names is not guaranteed; use the Sort() method if a specific sort order is required.

Remarks

The EnumerateFiles and GetFiles methods differ as follows: When you use EnumerateFiles, you can start enumerating the collection of names before the whole collection is returned; when you use GetFiles, 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, EnumerateFiles can be more efficient.

Reference

Directory Class

GetFiles Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace