last-modified

I need to find the most recently modified file in a directory. I know I can loop through every file in a folder and compare File.GetLastWriteTime , but is there a better way to do this without looping?. how about something like this... var directory = new DirectoryInfo("C:\\MyDirectory"); var myFile = (from f in directory.GetFiles() orderby f.LastWriteTime descending select f).First(); // or... var myFile = directory.GetFiles() .OrderByDescending(f => f.LastWriteTime) .First(); If you want to search recursively, you can use this beautiful piece of code: public static FileInfo GetNewestFile