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Search the files from the directory


Posted Date: 19 Aug 2009    Resource Type: Code Snippets    Category: File Operations
Author: Shunmuganathan MMember Level: Diamond    
Rating: 1 out of 5Points: 10



Description :


We can Search the give file from the give folder.
It will work as like normal search

Name Spaces

using System;
using System.IO;



Code Segment

public class FileSearch {
public static void Main() {
String searchName = "SQL";
DirectoryInfo myDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"c:\Program Files");
SearchDirectories(myDir, searchName);
}

public static void SearchDirectories(DirectoryInfo dir, String target) {
FileInfo[] files = dir.GetFiles();
foreach (FileInfo file in files) {
if (file.Name.IndexOf(target) > -1) {
Console.WriteLine(file.Name);
}
}

DirectoryInfo[] dirs = dir.GetDirectories();
foreach (DirectoryInfo subDir in dirs) {
SearchDirectories(subDir, target);
}
}
}




Code Explanation

1. The method "SearchDirectories" is used to get the
files from directories and match the give file name
2. This "SearchDirectories" method is act like recursive function.
3. Search all the files from the folders and also from the sub folder.



By
Nathan



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