File.WriteAllBytes Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Overloads

WriteAllBytes(String, Byte[])

Creates a new file, writes the specified byte array to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is truncated and overwritten.

WriteAllBytes(String, Byte[])

Source:

File.cs

Creates a new file, writes the specified byte array to the file, and then closes the file. If the target file already exists, it is truncated and overwritten.

public:
 static void WriteAllBytes(System::String ^ path, cli::array <System::Byte> ^ bytes);

public static void WriteAllBytes (string path, byte[] bytes);

static member WriteAllBytes : string * byte[] -> unit

Public Shared Sub WriteAllBytes (path As String, bytes As Byte())

Parameters

path

String

The file to write to.

bytes

Byte[]

The bytes to write to the file.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

.NET Framework and .NET Core versions older than 2.1: path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters. You can query for invalid characters by using the GetInvalidPathChars() method.

ArgumentNullException

path is null or the byte array is empty.

PathTooLongException

The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length.

DirectoryNotFoundException

The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).

IOException

An I/O error occurred while opening the file.

UnauthorizedAccessException

path specified a file that is read-only.

-or-

path specified a file that is hidden.

-or-

This operation is not supported on the current platform.

-or-

path specified a directory.

-or-

The caller does not have the required permission.

NotSupportedException

path is in an invalid format.

SecurityException

The caller does not have the required permission.

Remarks

Given a byte array and a file path, this method opens the specified file, writes the contents of the byte array to the file, and then closes the file.