Parameters

path

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

Returns

A string array containing the names of the files in the specified directory.

Platforms that do not support this feature return null.

Permissions

Type	Reason
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission	Requires permission to access path information for the specified directory and the files in that 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.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	path was not found.
System.IO.IOException	path is a file name.
System.IO.PathTooLongException	The length of path or the absolute path information for path exceeds the system-defined maximum length.
System.Security.SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission.
UnauthorizedAccessException	The caller does not have the required permission.

Remarks

This method is identical to Directory.GetFiles(string) (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