C# Directory EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String)

Description

Directory EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String) Returns an enumerable collection of file-system entries that match a search pattern in a specified path.

Syntax

Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String) has the following syntax.

public static IEnumerable<string> EnumerateFileSystemEntries(
  string path,
  string searchPattern
)

Parameters

Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String) has the following parameters.

• path - The directory to search.
• searchPattern - The search string to match against the file-system entries in path.

Returns

Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(String, String) method returns <

Example

Returns an enumerable collection of file-system entries that match a search pattern in a specified path.

/*from   w  w w .ja v a 2 s  .  c  om*/

using System;
using System.IO;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string sourceDirectory = @"C:\current";
        string archiveDirectory = @"C:\archive";
 
        var da = Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(sourceDirectory,"*");
 
        foreach (string currentFile in da)
        {
            string fileName = currentFile.Substring(sourceDirectory.Length + 1);
            Directory.Move(currentFile, Path.Combine(archiveDirectory, fileName));
        }
    }
}