Files, Directories, and I/O
Allen Jones, Adam Freeman · Apress eBooks · 2010
The Microsoft .NET Framework I/O classes fall into two basic categories. First are the classes that retrieve information from the file system and allow you to perform file system operations such as copying files and moving directories. Two examples include the FileInfo and the DirectoryInfo classes. The second and possibly more important category includes a broad range of classes that allow you to read and write data from all types of streams. Streams can correspond to binary or text files, a file in an isolated store, a network connection, or even a memory buffer. In all cases, the way you interact with a stream is the same. This chapter describes how to use the file system classes and a wide range of streambased classes.