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Accessing Network Drive

Hi,

How can I access a known network drive and read all the files in the drive?
Under this directory
\\Server\Directory1\
I have several files...text1.xml, text2.xml...text10.xml
How can I get all the files in this network drive?
Also, how can I change folders in the same network drive?

I've search all the articles in experts-exchange.com...but I still have no clue how can I make this work. Please help me~~

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xenia27

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I will probably have severl log file...and I need to open this file and search for some particular strings and parse them. How can I read them?

Expert1701

Everything you need to do this can be found in the System.IO, and the System.Text.RegularExpressions namespaces. Here is a quick example on opening each of the files in that directory:

foreach (string file in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"\\Server\Directory1"))
{
string data;
using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(file))
data = reader.ReadToEnd();

//Work with "data" here.
}

xenia27

ASKER

More question~ How can I delete files in this particular network drive?? Can I delete them?

Expert1701

You can do this using the System.IO.File.Delete(string) method.

xenia27

ASKER

OK...Thanks for your help. I guess I know how to do my work now. ^^

Expert1701

You're welcome. Good luck!