using System;
using System.IO;
public class IOExample
{
static void Main() {
FileStream fs;
StreamReader srIn;
try {
fs = new FileStream("practice.txt", FileMode.Open );
srIn = new StreamReader(fs);
string line = srIn.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("line = "+line);
srIn.Close();
} catch (IOException ioe) {
Console.WriteLine("IOException occurred: "+ioe.Message);
}
}
}
Reads strings from a file created in a text editor
using System;
using System.IO;
public class FileReadStrings {
public static void Main( ) {
String line;
StreamReader f = new StreamReader("test.data");
while((line=f.ReadLine()) != null)
Console.WriteLine(line);
f.Close();
}
}
//File: test.data
/*
4665 Street|Toronto|ON|90048
*/
Reads lines separated by vertical bars
using System;
using System.IO;
public class FileReadAddresses {
public static void Main( ) {
String line;
String street, city, state, zip;
StreamReader f = new StreamReader("test.data");
while ((line=f.ReadLine())!= null){
String[] strings = line.Split(new char[]{'|'});
if (strings.Length == 4) {
street = strings[0];
city = strings[1];
state = strings[2];
zip = strings[3];
Console.WriteLine(street);
Console.WriteLine(city);
Console.WriteLine(state);
Console.WriteLine(zip);
}
}
f.Close();
}
}
//File: test.data
/*
4665 Street|Toronto|ON|90048
*/
FileStream with FileMode.Create and FileMode.Open
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
class MainClass {
static void Main() {
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.txt", FileMode.Create)) {
using (StreamWriter w = new StreamWriter(fs, Encoding.UTF8)) {
w.WriteLine(124.23M);
w.WriteLine("Test string");
w.WriteLine('!');
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to read the information.");
Console.ReadLine();
// Open the file in read-only mode.
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.txt", FileMode.Open)) {
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(fs, Encoding.UTF8)) {
// Read the data and convert it to the appropriate data type.
Console.WriteLine(Decimal.Parse(r.ReadLine()));
Console.WriteLine(r.ReadLine());
Console.WriteLine(Char.Parse(r.ReadLine()));
}
}
}
}
Set File IO Permission to c:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Security.Permissions;
class Program {
static void Main(string[] args) {
MyClass.Method();
}
}
[FileIOPermission(SecurityAction.Assert, Read = "C:/")]
class MyClass {
public static void Method() {
// implementation goes here
}
}
Create a file stream with new FileStream(“test.bin”, FileMode.Create)
using System;
using System.IO;
class MainClass {
static void Main() {
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.bin", FileMode.Create)) {
using (BinaryWriter w = new BinaryWriter(fs)) {
w.Write(124.23M);
w.Write("Tstring");
w.Write("Tstring 2");
w.Write('!');
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to read the information.");
Console.ReadLine();
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("test.bin", FileMode.Open)) {
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs)) {
Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadToEnd());
Console.WriteLine();
fs.Position = 0;
using (BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs)) {
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadDecimal());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadString());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadString());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadChar());
}
}
}
}
}
Uses methods in the File class to check the status of a file
/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/
// Status.cs -- Uses methods in the File class to check the status of a file.
//
// Compile this program with the following command line
// C:>csc Status.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
namespace nsStreams
{
public class Status
{
static public void Main (string [] args)
{
if (args.Length == 0)
{
Console.WriteLine ("Please enter a file name");
return;
}
if (!File.Exists (args[0]))
{
Console.WriteLine (args[0] + " does not exist");
return;
}
DateTime created = File.GetCreationTime (args[0]);
DateTime accessed = File.GetLastAccessTime (args[0]);
DateTime written = File.GetLastWriteTime (args[0]);
Console.WriteLine ("File " + args[0] + ":");
string str = created.ToString();
int index = str.IndexOf (" ");
Console.WriteLine (" Created on " + str.Substring (0, index) + " at " + str.Substring (index + 1));
str = accessed.ToString();
index = str.IndexOf (" ");
Console.WriteLine (" Last accessed on " + str.Substring (0, index) + " at " + str.Substring (index + 1));
str = written.ToString();
index = str.IndexOf (" ");
Console.WriteLine (" Last written on " + str.Substring (0, index) + " at " + str.Substring (index + 1));
}
}
}

