Can you call Directory.GetFiles() with multiple filters?

Question

I am trying to use the Directory.GetFiles() method to retrieve a list of files of multiple types, such as mp3\'s and jpg\'s. I have t

Answer 1

in .NET 2.0 (no Linq):

public static List GetFilez(string path, System.IO.SearchOption opt,  params string[] patterns)
{
    List filez = new List();
    foreach (string pattern in patterns)
    {
        filez.AddRange(
            System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, pattern, opt)
        );
    }


    // filez.Sort(); // Optional
    return filez; // Optional: .ToArray()
}

Then use it:

foreach (string fn in GetFilez(path
                             , System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories
                             , "*.xml", "*.xml.rels", "*.rels"))
{}