Parameters

path

A string containing the name of the directory for which file and subdirectory names are returned.

Returns

A string array containing the names of file system entries in the specified directory.

Permissions

Type	Reason
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission	Requires permission to access path information for the specified directory. See System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess.PathDiscovery

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	path is null .
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more implementation-specific invalid characters.
System.Security.SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission.
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	path was not found.
System.IO.PathTooLongException	The length of path or the absolute path information for path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
System.IO.IOException	path is a file name.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The caller does not have the required permission.

Remarks

This method is identical to Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(string) (path, "*").

The names returned by this method are prefixed with the directory information provided in path. The path argument is permitted to specify relative or absolute path information. Relative path information is interpreted as relative to the current working directory.

Note: To obtain the current working directory, see Directory.GetCurrentDirectory .

Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0