Getting File Info

Introduction

Get Information about when files were last updated in a directory.

Background

I was developing an ASP application where we worked on a TEST server first and then copied the files that contained the updated files to the LIVE server, I found myself forgetting on what files i had updated, so i decided to build an easy console app to show me what files that had been updated.

Using the code

	static string path = @"Z:\";

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("The Directory doesnt exist, or it cant be accessed!");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
            else
            {
               
                List<string> fl = Getfiles(path);
               
                foreach (string f in fl)
                {
                    
                    StreamWriter sw;
                    sw = File.AppendText(@"T:\Desktop\test.txt");
                    sw.WriteLine(f);
                    
                    sw.Close();
                    Console.WriteLine(f);
                }
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }		

   public static List<string> Getfiles(string path)
        {
            List<string> fileList = new List<string>();
            string[] subDirectories = Directory.GetDirectories(path);
            string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);

            foreach (string file in files)
            {
                DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTime(file);
                if (dt.ToShortDateString() == DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString())
                {
                    
                    fileList.Add(file + " " + dt);
                   
                }
            }
            foreach (string di in subDirectories)
            {
                string[] fi = Directory.GetFiles(di);
                foreach (string f in fi)
                {
                    DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTime(f);
                    if (dt.ToShortDateString() == DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString())
                    {
                        fileList.Add(f +" "+ dt);
                       
                    }
                }
            }

            return fileList;
        }

Points of Interest

This is my first article, so please be gentle :) Im sure theres alot of things you can do better than I have done. Feel free to comment on things that can be improved.

History

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