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Gerasimos.Zap
Gerasimos.Zap

Reputation: 159

Further Filter Files Returned from Looping Through a Directory

I have a pretty little piece of code that will loop through a networked drive and return the file name and extension of all files. I have the output set to display in a listbox. My current conundrum is that it pulls in temp files "~filename.ext" and this is throwing off my count. How do I go about directing it to ignore all temp files "~filename.ext". 

string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(@"\\server\directory\folder\folder\", "*.xlsm", 
                    SearchOption.AllDirectories);
        statusCodeLB.Items.Clear();
        foreach (string file in filePaths)
        {
            statusCodeLB.Items.Add(Path.GetFileName(file));

        }
        statusLabel.Text = statusCodeLB.Items.Count.ToString();

Upvotes: 1

Views: 31

Answers (1)

Yacoub Massad
Yacoub Massad

Reputation: 27861

You can use an if statement in the loop to check whether the file name starts with "~" like this:

//...
foreach (string file in filePaths)
{
    string filename = Path.GetFileName(file);

    if(filename.StartsWith("~"))
        continue; //Skip

    statusCodeLB.Items.Add(filename);
}
//...

Upvotes: 1

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