Is it possible to query the filesystem?

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Currently I am searching files in my filesystem by means of iterating only certain file extensions. Is this the closest I can come to querying the filesystem so to speak? Is there a way to shave off a bit of time while searching the filesystem?

thank you for your input!! :)

Posted 2-Jun-12 13:31pm

Dale 2012

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Jun-12 19:34pm

Not clear what is your query, so to speak... :-)
At to the performance, if it can be improved, it can be improved compared to something. With what?
--SA

Dale 2012 2-Jun-12 19:45pm

the query would be the file extensions I am searching for I think and the performance would be compared to a normal iteration vs a faster method if any

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Tim Corey · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-02T13:47:00

There are a few ways you can make file searching more efficient. One way to improve performance would be to use threading (the Task Parallel Library specifically). Another would be to cache the results instead of reading through the files over and over. Finally you could use a third-party library (I don't know of any free ones) that does indexing.

As far as any other way to "query" the file system, this is the way you do it. There isn't a way to write "queries" against the file system. You list all the files and search for the one you want inside that list.