File.Exists() incorrectly returns false when path is too long

Question

I am currently working on a program that traverses through various directories to ensure that specific files are present by using File.Exists().

The app

Answer 1

This is ugly and inefficient, but it DOES get around the MAX_PATH limitation:

const int MAX_PATH = 260;

private static void checkPath(string path)
{
    if (path.Length >= MAX_PATH)
    {
        checkFile_LongPath(path);
    }
    else if (!File.Exists(path))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("   *  File: " + path + " does not exist.");
    }
}

And here is the checkFile_LongPath function:

private static void checkFile_LongPath(string path)
{
    string[] subpaths = path.Split('\\');
    StringBuilder sbNewPath = new StringBuilder(subpaths[0]);
    // Build longest subpath that is less than MAX_PATH characters
    for (int i = 1; i < subpaths.Length; i++)
    {
        if (sbNewPath.Length + subpaths[i].Length >= MAX_PATH)
        {
            subpaths = subpaths.Skip(i).ToArray();
            break;
        }
        sbNewPath.Append("\\" + subpaths[i]);
    }
    DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo(sbNewPath.ToString());
    bool foundMatch = dir.Exists;
    if (foundMatch)
    {
        // Make sure that all of the subdirectories in our path exist.
        // Skip the last entry in subpaths, since it is our filename.
        // If we try to specify the path in dir.GetDirectories(), 
        // We get a max path length error.
        int i = 0;
        while(i < subpaths.Length - 1 && foundMatch)
        {
            foundMatch = false;
            foreach (DirectoryInfo subDir in dir.GetDirectories())
            {
                if (subDir.Name == subpaths[i])
                {
                    // Move on to the next subDirectory
                    dir = subDir;
                    foundMatch = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
            i++;
        }
        if (foundMatch)
        {
            foundMatch = false;
            // Now that we've gone through all of the subpaths, see if our file exists.
            // Once again, If we try to specify the path in dir.GetFiles(), 
            // we get a max path length error.
            foreach (FileInfo fi in dir.GetFiles())
            {
                if (fi.Name == subpaths[subpaths.Length - 1])
                {
                    foundMatch = true;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    // If we didn't find a match, write to the console.
    if (!foundMatch)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("   *  File: " + path + " does not exist.");
    }
}