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Server.EnumDirectories Method

Enumerates a list of directories relative to the specified path.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function EnumDirectories ( _
    path As String _
) As DataTable
'Usage
Dim instance As Server
Dim path As String
Dim returnValue As DataTable

returnValue = instance.EnumDirectories(path)

public DataTable EnumDirectories(
    string path
)

public:
DataTable^ EnumDirectories(
    String^ path
)

member EnumDirectories : 
        path:string -> DataTable 

public function EnumDirectories(
    path : String
) : DataTable

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Data.DataTable
A DataTable system object value that contains a list of directories relative to the specified path. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column

Data type

Description

Name

String

The name of the directory relative to the specified path.

Remarks

This method can be used on any directory. It is not limited to the SQL Server path.

Examples

C#

Server srv = new Server("(local)");

DataTable d = srv.EnumDirectories("C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft SQL Server");
foreach (DataRow r in d.Rows)
{
   Console.WriteLine("============================================");
   foreach(DataColumn c in d.Columns)
   {
      Console.WriteLine(c.ColumnName + " = " + r[c].ToString());
   }
}

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")

$d = $srv.EnumDirectories("C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server ")

Foreach ($r in $d.Rows)
{
   Write-Host "============================================"
   Foreach ($c in $d.Columns)
   {
      Write-Host $c.ColumnName "=" $r[$c]
   }
}