FileSystem.GetFileInfo(String) Method
Definition
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Returns a FileInfo object for the specified file.
public:
static System::IO::FileInfo ^ GetFileInfo(System::String ^ file);public static System.IO.FileInfo GetFileInfo (string file);static member GetFileInfo : string -> System.IO.FileInfoPublic Shared Function GetFileInfo (file As String) As FileInfoParameters
- file
- String
Name and path of the file.
Returns
FileInfo object for the specified file.
Exceptions
The path name is malformed. For example, it contains invalid characters or is only white space. The file name has a trailing slash mark.
file is Nothing or an empty string.
The path contains a colon in the middle of the string.
The path is too long.
The user lacks necessary permissions.
The user lacks ACL (access control list) access to the file.
Examples
This example retrieves a System.IO.FileInfo object for the file MyLogFile.log and uses it to report the file's full name, last access time, and length.
Dim information = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo("C:\MyLogFile.log")
MsgBox("The file's full name is " & information.FullName & ".")
MsgBox("Last access time is " & information.LastAccessTime & ".")
MsgBox("The length is " & information.Length & ".")
Remarks
An exception is not thrown if the file does not exist; rather, it will be thrown the first time the object's properties are accessed.
The following table lists an example of a task involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo method.
| To | See |
|---|---|
| Determine a file's name and path | How to: Parse File Paths in Visual Basic |
