C# 2010 for Programmers, Fourth Edition

17. Files and Streams

Objectives

In this chapter you’ll learn:

• To create, read, write and update files.

• To use classes File and Directory to obtain information about files and directories on your computer.

• To use LINQ to search through directories.

• To become familiar with sequential-access file processing.

• To use classes FileStream, StreamReader and StreamWriter to read text from and write text to files.

• To use classes FileStream and BinaryFormatter to read objects from and write objects to files.

I can only assume that a “Do Not File” document is filed in a “Do Not File” file.

—Senator Frank Church Senate Intelligence Subcommittee Hearing, 1975

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