Is there an async version of DirectoryInfo.GetFiles / Directory.GetDirectories in dotNet?

Question

Is there an asynchronous version of DirectoryInfo.GetFiles / Directory.GetDirectories in dotNet? I\'d like to use them in an F# async block, and it\'d be nice to have a ver

Answer 1

No, I don't think there is. The pool thread approach is probably the most pragmatic. Alternatively, I guess you could drop down to P/Invoke - but that would be a lot more work.