I have a task that will delete files in a certain directory, specifically a file with “*.csv” and *.log” extensions. Unfortunately System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(string,string) doesn't support multiple search pattern.
To be able to achieve my requirement I created a method that accepts an array of strings as parameter to hold the extensions.
public void DeleteFiles(List<string> extensions)
{
foreach (string extension in extensions)
{
foreach(string file in System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\MyFolder",extension))
{
File.Delete(file);
}
}
}
I wish that on the next release of the framework it would have another overload for System.IO.Directory.GetFiles()
something like System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(string,string[]) or System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(string, List<string>)
UPDATE: Check out Keith's approach on searching a directory for files using multiple search patterns and using it in with Extension Methods