| File Methods |
The File type exposes the following members.
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  | AppendAllText(String, String) |
Opens a file, appends the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the file does not exist, this method creates a file, writes the specified string to the file, then closes the file.
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| AppendAllText(String, String, Boolean) |
Opens a file, appends the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the file does not exist, this method creates a file, writes the specified string to the file, then closes the file.
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| AppendAllText(String, String, Encoding) |
Opens a file, appends the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the file does not exist, this method creates a file, writes the specified string to the file, then closes the file.
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| AppendAllText(String, String, Encoding, Boolean) |
Opens a file, appends the specified string to the file, and then closes the file. If the file does not exist, this method creates a file, writes the specified string to the file, then closes the file.
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| Copy(String, String) |
Copies an existing file to a new file.
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| Copy(String, String, Boolean) |
Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is allowed.
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| Create |
Creates or overwrites a file in the specified path.
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| CreateText |
Creates or opens a file for writing UTF-8 encoded text.
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| Delete |
Deletes the specified file. An exception is not thrown if the specified file does not exist.
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| Exists |
Determines whether the specified file exists.
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| ExistsRelative |
Determines whether the specified file exists.
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| GetAccessControl | Obsolete.
Gets a FileSecurity object that encapsulates the access control list (ACL) entries for a specified directory.
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| GetFileObject |
Gets the file provider object for given path
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| GetFileUrl |
Returns URL to file. If can be accessed directly then direct URL is generated else URL with GetFile page is generated.
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| GetLastWriteTime |
Returns the date and time the specified file or directory was last written to.
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| Move |
Moves a specified file to a new location, providing the option to specify a new file name.
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| Open |
Opens a FileStream on the specified path, with the specified mode and access.
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| OpenRead |
Opens an existing file for reading.
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| OpenText |
Opens an existing UTF-8 encoded text file for reading.
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| ReadAllBytes |
Opens a binary file, reads the contents of the file into a byte array, and then closes the file.
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| ReadAllText(String) |
Opens a text file, reads all lines of the file, and then closes the file.
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| ReadAllText(String, Encoding) |
Opens a text file, reads all lines of the file, and then closes the file.
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| SetAttributes |
Sets the specified FileAttributes of the file on the specified path.
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| SetLastWriteTime |
Sets the date and time that the specified file was last written to.
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| SetLastWriteTimeUtc |
Sets the date and time, in coordinated universal time (UTC), that the specified file was last written to.
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| WriteAllBytes |
Creates a new file, writes the specified byte array to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten.
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| WriteAllText(String, String) |
Creates a new file, write the contents to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten.
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| WriteAllText(String, String, Encoding) |
Creates a new file, write the contents to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is overwritten.
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