List all files and directories in a directory + subdirectories

Question

I want to list every file and directory contained in a directory and subdirectories of that directory. If I chose C:\\ as the directory, the program would get every name of

Answer 1

string[] allfiles = Directory.GetFiles("path/to/dir", "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

where *.* is pattern to match files

If the Directory is also needed you can go like this:

 foreach (var file in allfiles){
     FileInfo info = new FileInfo(file);
 // Do something with the Folder or just add them to a list via nameoflist.add();
 }

Answer 2

You could use FindFirstFile which returns a handle and then recursively cal a function which calls FindNextFile.This is a good aproach as the structure referenced would be filled with various data such as alternativeName,lastTmeCreated,modified,attributes etc

But as you use .net framework, you would have to enter the unmanaged area.

Answer 3

With this you can just run them and chosse the sub folder when console run

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Cryptography;
using System.Text;
using data.Patcher; // The patcher XML
namespace PatchBuilder
{
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string patchDir;
        if (args.Length == 0)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Give the patch directory in argument");
            patchDir = Console.ReadLine();
        }
        else
        {
            patchDir = args[0];
        }

        if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(patchDir, "patch.xml")))
            File.Delete(Path.Combine(patchDir, "patch.xml"));

        var files = Directory.EnumerateFiles(patchDir, "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).OrderBy(p => p).ToList();

        foreach (var file in files.Where(file => file.StartsWith("patch\\Resources")).ToArray())
        {
            files.Remove(file);
            files.Add(file);
        }

        var tasks = new List<MetaFileEntry>();
        using (var md5Hasher = MD5.Create())
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < files.Count; i++)
            {
                var file = files[i];

                if ((File.GetAttributes(file) & FileAttributes.Hidden) != 0)
                    continue;

                var content = File.ReadAllBytes(file);
                var md5Hasher2 = MD5.Create();

                var task =
                    new MetaFileEntry
                    {
                        LocalURL = GetRelativePath(file, patchDir + "\\"),
                        RelativeURL = GetRelativePath(file, patchDir + "\\"),
                        FileMD5 = Convert.ToBase64String(md5Hasher2.ComputeHash(content)),
                        FileSize = content.Length,
                    };

                md5Hasher2.Dispose();

                var pathBytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(task.LocalURL.ToLower());
                md5Hasher.TransformBlock(pathBytes, 0, pathBytes.Length, pathBytes, 0);
                if (i == files.Count - 1)
                    md5Hasher.TransformFinalBlock(content, 0, content.Length);
                else
                    md5Hasher.TransformBlock(content, 0, content.Length, content, 0);

                tasks.Add(task);
                Console.WriteLine(@"Add " + task.RelativeURL);
            }

            var patch = new MetaFile
            {
                Tasks = tasks.ToArray(),
                FolderChecksum = BitConverter.ToString(md5Hasher.Hash).Replace("-", "").ToLower(),
            };


            //XmlUtils.Serialize(Path.Combine(patchDir, "patch.xml"), patch);
            Console.WriteLine(@"Created Patch in {0} !", Path.Combine(patchDir, "patch.xml"));
        }

        Console.Read();
    }

    static string GetRelativePath(string fullPath, string relativeTo)
    {
        var foldersSplitted = fullPath.Split(new[] { relativeTo.Replace("/", "\\").Replace("\\\\", "\\") }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); // cut the source path and the "rest" of the path

        return foldersSplitted.Length > 0 ? foldersSplitted.Last() : ""; // return the "rest"
    }
}
}

and this the patchar for XML export

using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace data.Patcher
{
    public class MetaFile
    {

        [XmlArray("Tasks")]
        public MetaFileEntry[] Tasks
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        [XmlAttribute("checksum")]
        public string FolderChecksum
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
    }
}