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.NET Framework  Namespace References  System  System.Collections  System.Globalization  System.IO     BinaryReader   Class    BinaryWriter   Class    BufferedStream   Class    Directory   Class    DirectoryInfo   Class    File   Class    FileAccess   Enumeration    FileAttributes   Enumeration    FileInfo   Class    FileMode   Enumeration    FileShare   Enumeration    FileStream   Class    FileSystemWatcher   Class    MemoryStream   Class    Path   Class    SeekOrigin   Enumeration    StreamReader   Class    StreamWriter   Class    StringReader   Class    StringWriter   Class   Articles and Tutorials  Overview of .NET  Delphi and .NET  Winform Applications  ASP .Net Applications  php Web Services  Framework Collections  Framework String Handling  Framework Files and Folders       System.IO.File Class    Description Use this class for one-off operations on a file. Use the FileInfo class to encapsulate a file on which you want to perform a number of operations (it is more efficient because security checks are only performed once).   All of the methods of this class are static - meaning that they are available by simply supplying the path of a file that you want to create, modify or delete, access, or inspect.  Methods AppendText   Returns a StreamWriter object allowing appending to the specified file Copy   Copies the specified file to a new location, optionally with a new name Create   Creates a file with the specified file name CreateText   Creates a file with the specified file name Delete   Deletes the specified file Exists   Returns true if the specified file exists GetAttributes   Get the attributes of the specified file GetCreationTime   Gets the date and time that the specified File or Directory was created GetLastAccessTime   Gets the date and time that the specified File or Directory was last accessed GetLastWriteTime   Gets the date and time that the specified File or Directory was last written to Move   Moves the specified file to a new location, optionally with a new name Open   Opens the specified file for the specified read or write access OpenRead   Opens the specified file for the read only access OpenText   Opens the specified file for the read only text access OpenWrite   Opens the specified file for writing to only SetAttributes   Set the attributes of the specified file SetCreationTime   Sets the Creation date and time of the specified file SetLastAccessTime   Sets the Last Access date and time of the specified file SetLastWriteTime   Sets the Last Write date and time of the specified file  Microsoft MSDN links   System.IO System.IO.file

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