Create directory and save files on this directory.

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Hi Friends
I want o define a string for example
string path="d:\\first\text.txt";
i want to create the folder(if it does not exist) and then create the file.
thank you.

Posted 9-May-13 10:18am

meysam rahimi

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David_Wimbley · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-09T10:23:00

Solution 1

You would need to do something along these lines

C#

using System.IO;

string pathToFile = @"c:\temp\directorythatdoesntexist\file.txt";
if (!Directory.Exists(Path.GetDirectoryName(pathToFile)))
{
     Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(pathToFile));
}

File.Create(pathToFile);

Posted 9-May-13 10:23am

David_Wimbley

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Ron Beyer 9-May-13 21:27pm

The "if" statement is unnecessary in this case, Directory.CreateDirectory does nothing if the directory already exists so calling it won't have any adverse effects (like overwriting an existing directory or anything like that).

David_Wimbley 10-May-13 10:01am

As the OP question was so basic, I just wanted to include it in case there was an specific code that needed to happen if the directory didn't exist the first time through. But yes, CreateDirectory won't explode if you call it over and over.