System.IO.DirectoryInfo.GetDirectories Method

Returns an array of directories in the current System.IO.DirectoryInfo matching the given search criteria and using a value to determine whether to search subdirectories.

Syntax

public DirectoryInfo[] GetDirectories (string searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)

Parameters

searchPattern
The search string to match against the names of directories. This parameter can contain a combination of valid literal path and wildcard (* and ?) characters (see Remarks), but doesn't support regular expressions. The default pattern is "*", which returns all files.
searchOption
One of the enumeration values that specifies whether the search operation should include only the current directory or all subdirectories.

Returns

An array of type DirectoryInfo matching searchPattern.

Remarks

searchPattern can be a combination of literal and wildcard characters, but doesn't support regular expressions. The following wildcard specifiers are permitted in searchPattern.

* (asterisk)

Zero or more characters in that position.

? (question mark)

Zero or one character in that position.

Characters other than the wildcard are literal characters. For example, the string "*t" searches for all names in ending with the letter "t". ". The searchPattern string "s*" searches for all names in path beginning with the letter "s".

If there are no subdirectories, or no subdirectories match the searchPattern parameter, this method returns an empty array.

This method pre-populates the values of the following System.IO.DirectoryInfo properties:

Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0
Since: .NET 2.0