Delete a file if exist

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using System.IO;


  /// <summary>
  /// Static methods extending the <see cref="File"/> class.
  /// </summary>
  public static class FileExtension
  {
    /// <summary>
    /// Deletes the specified <paramref name="file"/> if it exists.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="file">The file to delete.</param>
    public static void DeleteIfExists(string file)
    {
      if (File.Exists(file))
      {
        File.Delete(file);
      }
    }
  }

   
     


Sets the read-only property of the file to true.

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Sets the read-only property of the file to true.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">The abstract path name of the file to modify</param>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool SetReadOnly(FileInfo file)
        {
            try
            {
                file.Attributes = file.Attributes | FileAttributes.ReadOnly;
                return true;
            }
            catch (System.Exception exception)
            {
                String exceptionMessage = exception.Message;
                return false;
            }
        }
   }
}

   
     


Remove a file or similar files if wildcard is included.

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{

    ///  
    /// <summary>  
    /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
    /// </summary>
    ///     
    public sealed class FileUtils
    {
        private static bool hasWildCards(string file)
        {
            return file.IndexOf("*") > -1;
        }

        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all the files that matches a wildcard pattern, eg. (*.tmp)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="pathPattern">Wildcard pattern to search, eg. (Profile*.doc)</param>
        /// <returns>an array of FileInfo objects that results from the wildcard pattern file search</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static FileInfo[] GetFilesMatchWildCard(string pathPattern)
        {
            FileInfo[] files = new FileInfo[0];
            if (hasWildCards(pathPattern))
            {
                string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(pathPattern);
                DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
                string pattern = Path.GetFileName(pathPattern);
                if (info.Exists)
                    files = info.GetFiles(pattern);
            }
            else
            {
                files = new FileInfo[] { new FileInfo(pathPattern.Trim()) };
            }
            return files;
        }
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Remove a file or similar files if wildcard is included.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path">path of the file(s) to delete</param>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static void Remove(string path)
        {
            bool hasWildCard = FileUtils.hasWildCards(path);

            if (hasWildCard)
            {
                FileInfo[] filesToRemove = GetFilesMatchWildCard(path);
                foreach (FileInfo file in filesToRemove)
                {
                    // delete each file
                    file.Delete();
                }
                return;
            }

            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(path);
            if (fi.Exists) fi.Delete();
        }


        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Remove a file or Directory recursively
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path"></param>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static void RemoveAll(string path)
        {
            if (IsDirectory(path))
            {
                Directory.Delete(path, true);
            }
            else
            {
                if (FileUtils.hasWildCards(path))
                    Remove(path);
                else
                    File.Delete(path);
            }
        }
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Determine if a path is the path of a directory.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path"></param>
        /// <returns>true if path is a valid directory, false otherwise</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsDirectory(string path)
        {
            return Directory.Exists(path);
        }
    }
}

   
     


Checks if a file have write permissions

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
        /// --------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Checks if a file have write permissions
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">The file instance to check</param>
        /// <returns>True if have write permissions otherwise false</returns>
        /// --------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsWriteable(FileInfo file)
        {
            return (File.GetAttributes(file.FullName) &amp; FileAttributes.ReadOnly) != FileAttributes.ReadOnly;
        }
   }
}

   
     


Returns true if the file specified by the pathname is a hidden file.

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
        /// --------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns true if the file specified by the pathname is a hidden file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">The abstract pathname of the file to test</param>
        /// <returns>True if the file is hidden, false otherwise</returns>
        /// --------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsHidden(FileInfo file)
        {
            return ((file.Attributes &amp; FileAttributes.Hidden) > 0);
        }
   }
}

   
     


Tests if the specified file is newer than the reference file.

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {

        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary> Tests if the specified <i>file</i> is newer than the reference 
        ///  <i>file</i>.
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="newerFile">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date must be compared
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="referenceFile">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date is used 
        /// like reference
        /// </param>
        /// <returns> true if the <i>file</i> exists and has been modified more recently
        /// than the reference <i>file</i>.
        /// </returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsNewer(FileInfo newerFile, FileInfo referenceFile)
        {

            if (referenceFile == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException("referenceFile");

            bool exists = referenceFile.Exists;
            if (!referenceFile.Exists)
                exists = Directory.Exists(referenceFile.FullName);
            if (!exists)
                throw new System.ArgumentException("The reference file &#039;" + referenceFile + "&#039; doesn&#039;t exist");

            return IsNewer(newerFile, referenceFile.LastWriteTime);
        }


        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
        /// Tests if the specified <i>file</i> is newer than the specified 
    /// time reference.    
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="file">the <i>file</i> of which the modification date must be compared.</param>
        /// <param name="timeCompare">the time reference</param>
        /// <returns>true if the <i>file</i> exists and has been modified after
        /// the given time reference.</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        public static bool IsNewer(FileInfo file, DateTime timeCompare)
        {
            if (file == null)            
                throw new ArgumentException("No file specified");

            bool exists = file.Exists;
            if (!file.Exists)                
                exists = Directory.Exists(file.FullName);
            if (!exists)            
                return false;

            return (file.LastWriteTime > timeCompare);
        }
   }
}    

   
     


Get all the files that matches a wildcard pattern, eg. (*.tmp)

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#region License and Copyright
/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Dotnet Commons IO
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by 
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or 
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY 
 * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 
 * along with this library; if not, write to the 
 * 
 * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 
 * 59 Temple Place, 
 * Suite 330, 
 * Boston, 
 * MA 02111-1307 
 * USA 
 * 
 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

namespace Dotnet.Commons.IO
{
  
  ///  
  /// <summary>  
  /// This class provides basic facilities for manipulating files and file paths.
    /// 
    /// <h3>File-related methods</h3>
    /// There are methods to 
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///     <item>copy a file to another file,</item>
    ///     <item>compare the content of 2 files,</item>
    ///     <item>delete files using the wildcard character,</item>
    ///     <item>etc</item>
    /// </list>
  /// </summary>
  ///     
  public sealed class FileUtils
  {
    private static bool hasWildCards(string file)
    {
      return file.IndexOf("*") > -1;
    }

        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
        /// <summary>
    /// Get all the files that matches a wildcard pattern, eg. (*.tmp)
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="pathPattern">Wildcard pattern to search, eg. (Profile*.doc)</param>
    /// <returns>an array of FileInfo objects that results from the wildcard pattern file search</returns>
        /// ---------------------------------------------------------------
    public static FileInfo[] GetFilesMatchWildCard(string pathPattern)
    {
      FileInfo[] files = new FileInfo[0];
      if (hasWildCards(pathPattern))
      {
        string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(pathPattern);
        DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(dir);
        string pattern = Path.GetFileName(pathPattern);
        if (info.Exists)
          files = info.GetFiles(pattern);
      }
      else
      {
        files = new FileInfo[] {new FileInfo(pathPattern.Trim())};
      }
      return files;
    }
    }
}