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C# File Handling

This document contains code examples demonstrating how to perform various file and directory operations in C# using classes like DirectoryInfo, FileInfo, FileStream, StreamReader, StreamWriter, BinaryReader, and BinaryWriter. It shows how to create, read from, write to, delete, and get metadata on files and directories. Specific examples include writing and reading a string array from a text file, recursively searching directories to get file details, reading and writing strings and binary data, and using streams to manipulate file contents.

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C# File Handling

This document contains code examples demonstrating how to perform various file and directory operations in C# using classes like DirectoryInfo, FileInfo, FileStream, StreamReader, StreamWriter, BinaryReader, and BinaryWriter. It shows how to create, read from, write to, delete, and get metadata on files and directories. Specific examples include writing and reading a string array from a text file, recursively searching directories to get file details, reading and writing strings and binary data, and using streams to manipulate file contents.

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// Used for file and directory

// manipulation
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

// Start VS with admin rights by


// right clicking it and run as
// administrator

namespace CSharpTutA.cs
{

class Program
{

static void Main(string[] args)


{
// ----- MESSING WITH DIRECTORIES -----

// Get access to the current directory


DirectoryInfo currDir = new DirectoryInfo(".");

// Get access to a directory with a path


DirectoryInfo dereksDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas");

// Get the directory path


Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.FullName);

// Get the directory name


Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Name);

// Get the parent directory


Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Parent);

// What type is it
Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Attributes);

// When was it created


Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.CreationTime);

// Create a directory
DirectoryInfo dataDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\
C#Data");
dataDir.Create();

// Delete a directory
// Directory.Delete(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data");

// ----- SIMPLE FILE READING & WRITING -----

// Write a string array to a text file


string[] customers =
{
"Ahmed Abdi",
"Khalid Hassan",
"Ayaan Ali"
};

string textFilePath = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile1.txt";


;
// Write the array
File.WriteAllLines(textFilePath,
customers);

// Read strings from array


foreach (string cust in File.ReadAllLines(textFilePath))
{
Console.WriteLine($"Customer : {cust}");
}

// ----- GETTING FILE DATA -----

DirectoryInfo myDataDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\


C#Data");

// Get all txt files


FileInfo[] txtFiles = myDataDir.GetFiles("*.txt",
SearchOption.AllDirectories);

// Number of matches
Console.WriteLine("Matches : {0}",
txtFiles.Length);

foreach (FileInfo file in txtFiles)


{
// Get file name
Console.WriteLine(file.Name);

// Get bytes in file


Console.WriteLine(file.Length);
}

// ----- FILESTREAMS -----


// FileStream is used to read and write a byte
// or an array of bytes.

string textFilePath2 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile2.txt";

// Create and open a file


FileStream fs = File.Open(textFilePath2,
FileMode.Create);

string randString = "This is a random string";

// Convert to a byte array


byte[] rsByteArray = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(randString);

// Write to file by defining the byte array,


// the index to start writing from and length
fs.Write(rsByteArray, 0,
rsByteArray.Length);

// Move back to the beginning of the file


fs.Position = 0;

// Create byte array to hold file data


byte[] fileByteArray = new byte[rsByteArray.Length];
// Put bytes in array
for(int i = 0; i < rsByteArray.Length; i++)
{
fileByteArray[i] = (byte)fs.ReadByte();
}

// Convert from bytes to string and output


Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(fileByteArray));

// Close the FileStream


fs.Close();

// ----- STREAMWRITER / STREAMREADER -----


// These are best for reading and writing strings

string textFilePath3 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile3.txt";

// Create a text file


StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(textFilePath3);

// Write to a file without a newline


sw.Write("This is a random ");

// Write to a file with a newline


sw.WriteLine("sentence.");

// Write another
sw.WriteLine("This is another sentence.");

// Close the StreamWriter


sw.Close();

// Open the file for reading


StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(textFilePath3);

// Peek returns the next character as a unicode


// number. Use Convert to change to a character
Console.WriteLine("Peek : {0}",
Convert.ToChar(sr.Peek()));

// Read to a newline
Console.WriteLine("1st String : {0}",
sr.ReadLine());

// Read to the end of the file starting


// where you left off reading
Console.WriteLine("Everything : {0}",
sr.ReadToEnd());

sr.Close();

// ----- BINARYWRITER / BINARYREADER -----


// Used to read and write data types
string textFilePath4 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile4.dat";

// Get the file


FileInfo datFile = new FileInfo(textFilePath4);

// Open the file


BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(datFile.OpenWrite());

// Data to save to the file


string randText = "Random Text";
int myAge = 42;
double height = 6.25;

// Write data to a file


bw.Write(randText);
bw.Write(myAge);
bw.Write(height);

bw.Close();

// Open file for reading


BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(datFile.OpenRead());

// Output data
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadString());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadInt32());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadDouble());

br.Close();

Console.ReadLine();

}
}
}

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