Why not create the folder upfront? Corneliu
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Tom Rutter <[email protected]> wrote: > Mainly because of design I guess. I have a function that uses the folder > path way down the line someplace after a lot of other work has been done, so > i dont want to do lots of stuff and then find out the folder path i was > given cant be used now. To avoid this overhead i would like to check it up > front. > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Michael Minutillo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> >> Any extra context you can give us as to why you might want to do this? Is >> it something you could use http://transactionalfilemgr.codeplex.com/ for? >> >> Regards, >> Mike >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Tom Rutter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ann, yes but I don't want to actually create it. i just want to check >>> if it *can* be created. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:56 PM, Anne Busby <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Directory.CreateDirectory Method (String) >>>> Any and all directories specified in path are created, unless they >>>> already exist or unless some part of path is invalid. The pathparameter >>>> specifies a directory path, not a file path. If the directory >>>> already exists, this method does nothing. >>>> >>>> >>>> *Anne Busby ** **|** **Senior Developer** * >>>> >>>> *3 Sarich Way, Technology Park, Bentley,* *WA** 6102 >>>> Phone +61 8 6250 7900** |** Fax +61 8 6250 7999* >>>> >>>> P Please consider the environment before you print this email >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* [email protected] [[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of Tom Rutter [[email protected]] >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, 17 June 2010 11:51 AM >>>> *To:* ozDotNet >>>> *Subject:* How to validate directory path >>>> >>>> Gday .net gurus >>>> >>>> Can I please get some recommendations on how to check if a directory >>>> can be created given a path if it already doesnt exist? >>>> As an example something like this >>>> >>>> public static bool CanCreateDir(string path) { >>>> if (System.IO.Directory.Exists(path)) { >>>> return true; >>>> } >>>> >>>> //TODO - figure out if the directory can be created >>>> } >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Tom >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael M. Minutillo >> Indiscriminate Information Sponge >> Blog: http://wolfbyte-net.blogspot.com >> > >
