directory-enumeratedirectories

C# – Delete all files in a directory

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Use Directory.EnumerateFiles() to get the file paths in a directory. Then loop over the file paths and delete each file. Here’s an example: This deletes the root directory’s files without deleting the directory itself. I’ll show more examples. Delete all files with a specific extension Use Directory.EnumerateFiles’ searchPattern pattern to search for files with a … Read more

C# – Check if a directory is empty

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The simplest way to check if a directory is empty is by calling Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(). If this doesn’t return anything, then the directory doesn’t have any files or subdirectories (folders), which means it’s empty. Here’s an example: Another situation to consider is when a directory has no files but might have empty subdirectories (folders). You can … Read more