| FileInfo Methods |
The FileInfo type exposes the following members.
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. |
| 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.) |
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