I was looking for a method in .NET similar to MkDir in VB the io.Directory.CreateDirectory() method succeeds even if the folder that i am trying to create already exists.
I am looking for a method that should potentially error out while trying to create a directory if it already exist.
any ideas
CreateFolder only shoudl succeed if folder doesnt exist
Rob1
The CreateDirectory method does throw an exception when the directory exists, but then again, u can make it a function and therefor call it by multiple threads. Directory.Exists does all the work.
Maybe this is not what you really mean but i can't think of an other solution.
Ardeur
U can use Directory.Exists(string path);
like this:
if(!Directory.Exists(path))
{
DirectoryInfo newDirectory = Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
where path is the path to check...
Tmac
since the application is multi threaded, the other thread might create the folder after the check is done by one thread so i was method thas is reliable even if multiple thread is executed.
I was expecting that createDirectory will fail if directory already exist or atleast there is an overloaded CreateDirectory method that could be used.