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.