DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories Method (String)

DirectoryInfoGetDirectories Method (String)

Returns an array of directories in the current DirectoryInfo matching the given search criteria.

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

Syntax

public DirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories(
	string searchPattern
)

Public Function GetDirectories ( 
	searchPattern As String
) As DirectoryInfo()

public:
array<DirectoryInfo^>^ GetDirectories(
	String^ searchPattern
)

member GetDirectories : 
        searchPattern : string -> DirectoryInfo[]

Parameters

searchPattern

Type: SystemString

The search string to match against the names of directories. 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: DirectoryInfo
An array of type DirectoryInfo matching searchPattern.

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.

Reference

DirectoryInfo Class

GetDirectories Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace