Getting File Info

Introduction

Get Information about when files were last updated in a directory.

Background

I was developing an ASP application where we worked on a TEST server first and then copied the files that contained the updated files to the LIVE server, I found myself forgetting on what files i had updated, so i decided to build an easy console app to show me what files that had been updated.

Using the code

static string path = @"Z:\";

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {

        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The Directory doesnt exist, or it cant be accessed!");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        else
        {

            List<string> fl = Getfiles(path);

            foreach (string f in fl)
            {

                StreamWriter sw;
                sw = File.AppendText(@"T:\Desktop\test.txt");
                sw.WriteLine(f);

                sw.Close();
                Console.WriteLine(f);
            }
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

public static List<string> Getfiles(string path)
     {
         List<string> fileList = new List<string>();
         string[] subDirectories = Directory.GetDirectories(path);
         string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);

         foreach (string file in files)
         {
             DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTime(file);
             if (dt.ToShortDateString() == DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString())
             {

                 fileList.Add(file + " " + dt);

             }
         }
         foreach (string di in subDirectories)
         {
             string[] fi = Directory.GetFiles(di);
             foreach (string f in fi)
             {
                 DateTime dt = File.GetLastWriteTime(f);
                 if (dt.ToShortDateString() == DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString())
                 {
                     fileList.Add(f +" "+ dt);

                 }
             }
         }

         return fileList;
     }

Points of Interest

This is my first article, so please be gentle :) Im sure theres alot of things you can do better than I have done. Feel free to comment on things that can be improved.

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