Finding a File

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Arne Beruldsen - 02 Oct 2007 15:08 GMT

What is the best way to find a file? I don't know the directory but the file
is almost certainly on the c drive.

Thanks

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zacks@construction-imaging.com - 02 Oct 2007 16:06 GMT

On Oct 2, 10:08 am, Arne Beruldsen
<ArneBeruld...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> What is the best way to find a file? I don't know the directory but the file
> is almost certainly on the c drive.
>
> Thanks

You can do a search by using the DirectoryInfo.GetFiles and
DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories. Take a look at the class I posted here:

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb/browse_threa
d/thread/8bff5d662bc014bd/c6135c3c82347084?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=zacks&rnum=13#c6135c3
c82347084

Once you enumerate the root folder, you can then use a for/each loop
on the Files property to find the file. Just load a FileInfo object
with each file and then look at the Name property there to look for
the file you are looking for.

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Lloyd Sheen - 02 Oct 2007 16:33 GMT

> On Oct 2, 10:08 am, Arne Beruldsen
> <ArneBeruld...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> with each file and then look at the Name property there to look for
> the file you are looking for.

If you are using VB 2005 then in the namespace
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO.FileSystem there is a GetFiles function which
can search for files with wildcards and will do the recursive thing by using
a parameter in the function call.

Hope this helps
Lloyd Sheen

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