Name
Directory.GetFileSystemEntries Method
Class
System.IO.Directory
Syntax
Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(path
[,searchpattern
])
-
path
(required; String) A valid path to a directory
-
searchpattern
(optional; String) A file specification, including wildcard characters
Return Value
An array of strings, each element of which contains the name of a
filesystem entry (that is, a file or directory) in the
path
directory
Description
Returns the names of the filesystem entries (that is, of files and directories) in a specified directory
Rules at a Glance
path
can be either an absolute path (a complete path from the root directory to the directory whose entries are to be retrieved) or a relative path (starting from the current directory to the directory whose entries are to be retrieved).path
can be either a path on the local system, the path of a mapped network drive, or a UNC path.path
cannot contain wildcard characters.If
searchpattern
is specified, the method returns only those filesystem entries whose names match the string, which can contain wildcard characters. Otherwise, the function returns the names of all the filesystem entries in the target directory specified bypath
.If the directory specified by
path
has no filesystem entries, or if no filesystem entries matchsearchpattern
, an empty array is returned.
Example
The following code displays all filesystem entries in c:\:
Dim sEntries( ) As String Dim i As Integer sEntries = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries("c:\") For i = 0 To UBound(sEntries) ...
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