File Class

File Class

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Namespace

System.IO

Createable

No

Description

A File object represents a file. The members of the File class are listed in Section .

The Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem class has members that duplicate much of the functionality of the File class. One significant omission from the FileSystem class is that there is no Exists method. Consequently, the File.Exists method is documented in its own entry.

All of the methods of the File class are shared. Consequently, you don't need to instantiate a File object to access File class methods; you can simply reference the File class itself.

Public Static Methods

AppendText

Copy

Create

CreateText

Delete

Exists

GetAttributes

GetCreationTime

GetLastAccessTime

GetLastWriteTime

Move

Open

OpenRead

OpenText

OpenWrite

SetAttributes

SetCreationTime

SetLastAccessTime

SetLastWriteTime

See Also

Directory Class