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Get an array of files info from a directory.

     

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using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
    /// Get an array of files info from a directory.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="directory"></param>
    /// <returns></returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
    public static FileInfo[] GetFilesInDirectory(string directory)
    {
      if ((directory == null) || (directory.Length < 1))
        throw new System.ArgumentException("Directory supplied is either null or empty");

      DirectoryInfo dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(directory);    
      
      if (!dirInfo.Exists)
        throw new System.ArgumentException("Directory '" + directory + "' does not exist.");

      return dirInfo.GetFiles();      
    }
   }
}

   
    
    
    
    
  

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