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Tim
Tim

Reputation: 29

.NET find file in all folder under a directory

I believe this is a straight forward question, hope I wont get fumed. Writing a code to find the file named text.txt in C drive

If IO.File.Exists("C:\text.txt") Then

        MessageBox.Show("Found text file")
    Else

        MessageBox.Show("Not Found")
End If

"C:\text.txt" cannot be found when located in a subfolder. What syntax should be used for this?

I have overspent my time on finding the solution, hence asking an easy question over here.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4481

Answers (2)

tezzo
tezzo

Reputation: 11105

You can use Directory.GetFiles (String, String, SearchOption) method to returns the names of files (including their paths) that match the specified search pattern in the specified directory, using a value to determine whether to search subdirectories.

For example:

If System.IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\Users\You\Desktop", "file.txt", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories).Length > 0 Then
    MsgBox("Found!")
Else
    MsgBox("Not found!")
End If

Upvotes: 5

RAS RASS
RAS RASS

Reputation: 37

try this

string curFile = @"c:\temp\test.txt";
Console.WriteLine(File.Exists(curFile) ? "File exists." : "File does not exist.");

or take a look at this link

How to check if a file exists in a folder?

Upvotes: 0

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