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

This may be considered a bit of a hack, but you might consider using the UWP StorageFolder API.

C# example (though F# is probably just as easy):

using Windows.Storage;

...

var folder = await StorageFolder.GetFolderFromPathAsync(path);
var files = await folder.GetFilesAsync();
var folders = await folder.GetFoldersAsync();

You can easily consume these from traditional .NET desktop and console applications by using the UWP for Desktop library by Lucian Wischik (of Microsoft).

Install-Package UwpDesktop