Finding a File

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What is the best way to find a file? I don't know the directory but the file
is almost certainly on the c drive.

Thanks
 
What is the best way to find a file? I don't know the directory but the file
is almost certainly on the c drive.

Thanks
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You can do a search by using the DirectoryInfo.GetFiles and
DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories. Take a look at the class I posted here:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...l=en&lnk=gst&q=zacks&rnum=13#c6135c3c82347084

Once you enumerate the root folder, you can then use a for/each loop
on the Files property to find the file. Just load a FileInfo object
with each file and then look at the Name property there to look for
the file you are looking for.
 
You can do a search by using the DirectoryInfo.GetFiles and
DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories. Take a look at the class I posted here:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...l=en&lnk=gst&q=zacks&rnum=13#c6135c3c82347084

Once you enumerate the root folder, you can then use a for/each loop
on the Files property to find the file. Just load a FileInfo object
with each file and then look at the Name property there to look for
the file you are looking for.
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If you are using VB 2005 then in the namespace
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem there is a GetFiles function which
can search for files with wildcards and will do the recursive thing by using
a parameter in the function call.

Hope this helps
Lloyd Sheen
 
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