File and Stream IO

Syntax

new System.IO.StreamWriter(string path)
new System.IO.StreamWriter(string path, bool append)
System.IO.StreamWriter.WriteLine(string text)
System.IO.StreamWriter.WriteAsync(string text)
System.IO.Stream.Close()
System.IO.File.ReadAllText(string path)
System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(string path)
System.IO.File.ReadLines(string path)
System.IO.File.WriteAllText(string path, string text)
System.IO.File.WriteAllLines(string path, IEnumerable<string> contents)
System.IO.File.Copy(string source, string dest)
System.IO.File.Create(string path)
System.IO.File.Delete(string path)
System.IO.File.Move(string source, string dest)
System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(string path)

Parameters

| Parameter | Details | | —— | —— | | path | The location of the file. | | append | If the file exist, true will add data to the end of the file (append), false will overwrite the file. | | text | Text to be written or stored. | |contents | A collection of strings to be written. | | source | The location of the file you want to use. | | dest | The location you want a file to go to. |## Remarks

Always make sure to close Stream objects. This can be done with a using block as shown above or by manually calling myStream.Close().
Make sure the current user has necessary permissions on the path you are trying to create the file.
Verbatim strings should be used when declaring a path string that includes backslashes, like so: @"C:\MyFolder\MyFile.txt"

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