How I get file attributes in C# ?

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Hi guys , I need a client /server code, In which the client will choose the file to send to the server and the server should display only the file characteristics on the screen. In which, file characteristics represent: actual file size and the number of the characters in the file? With C#
Anybody code help me plz ?! I do know how to get file attributes but I wonder how to display only the actual size and the number of the characteristics ?!! Anybody could help ?!!

Posted 24-Feb-15 16:42pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-15 23:07pm

What have you tried so far?
Also, in my comment to Solution 1, I explain that "number of characters" part simply makes no sense, in general case.
—SA

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PIEBALDconsult · Answer 1 · 2015-02-24T16:46:00

Solution 1

Start with System.IO.FileInfo, but "the number of the characters in the file" might be difficult without reading it, and how do you know it's not some binary file?

Posted 24-Feb-15 16:46pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Feb-15 23:10pm

5ed, but I would advise to formulate "not some binary file" more accurately: there is no such thing as not binary file. It's just not all files consist of "characters", besides, the size occupied by a single character may vary.
—SA

PIEBALDconsult 24-Feb-15 23:54pm

I know, all files are really "just a bunch of bytes", but that's the point, he'll have to define what is and isn't a "character", and what with UTF8 and such, it ain't easy.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Feb-15 6:38am

That's right. I think I explained it.
—SA