Reputation: 19684
Hey this is going to be one of those dumb questions. I am trying to pick up a file on my local system and I keep getting a FileNotFoundException
thrown.
Someone set me straight please :)
if( File.Exists(@"C:\logs\hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Yay");
}
else
{
throw new FileNotFoundException();
}
Tried moving the file into the same location as the executing application and did the following:
if( File.Exists("hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar"))
Same thing.
Then I made a random txt file and parked it there too.. "me.txt"
And it works?! So you thing the file name is the problem?
Upvotes: 23
Views: 53724
Reputation: 1502
May be the name of the file is "hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar.tar" instead of "hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar", I had this problem because by default the extension files are hidden on windows
Upvotes: 16
Reputation: 14224
C:\logs\hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar should be C:\\logs\\hw-healthways-prod_2009-08-26.tar. \ means the next character is an escape character.
Upvotes: -6
Reputation: 60997
Try doing Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\logs")
. It's possible that the file in question has odd characters that are getting interpreted one way by Windows Explorer (presumably where you're reading "the file's property" from?) but a different way by the .NET Framework. This can happen if you have UTF-8 characters in the filename (perhaps an en dash?).
Upvotes: 16
Reputation: 4519
You may want to check your file permissions. Your computer may not have permission to the file.
Upvotes: 0