Directory length not working

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This may be a stupid question but im trying to find out how many files are in a folder and one minuite its telling me 0 and the next time its telling me 1 when there is simply no files there.

I even made a new folder called H in my documents with nothing in there at all and its still coming back 1 item. someone please explain this or even try it yourself, its hurting my head

C#

int i = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\William\Documents\H\").Length;
            MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToString(i));

Posted 19-Aug-15 12:43pm

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Kevin Marois 19-Aug-15 19:05pm

Any hidden files in there? What is the name of the file is says is there? Does File.Exist() show it there?

Member 11921461 19-Aug-15 19:12pm

no hidden files, im not sure how to check the other things, im not that experienced with programming

Kevin Marois 19-Aug-15 19:13pm

if(File.Exists(someFileName))
{
// The file is there
}

Member 11921461 19-Aug-15 19:14pm

but what file name would i use? theres no files in there to check

Kevin Marois 19-Aug-15 19:16pm

Directory.getFiles loads an array with the names of any files that are in the directory. See this:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/07wt70x2(v=vs.110).aspx

virusstorm 19-Aug-15 20:27pm

I believe you are seeing a hidden file. Depending on the version of Windows, there are two types of hidden files; hidden files and system files. If you run this code below, it will tell you what the file is.

var files = Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\William\Documents\H\");

foreach(var file in files)
{
Console.WriteLine(file);
}

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Abhinav S · Answer 1 · 2015-08-19T16:41:00

Solution 1

Try

C#

if(Directory.Exists(path))
            {
                // This path is a directory
              int i = Directory.GetFiles(path).Length;
              MessageBox.Show(Convert.ToString(i));
                   
            }

Posted 19-Aug-15 16:41pm

Abhinav S

DamithSL · Answer 2 · 2015-08-19T17:30:00

if Directory.GetFiles return one as length, at that time there may be a file. So why don't you debug and check the file details at run time or show message with file names?
do as below

C#

string[] files= Directory.GetFiles(@"C:\Users\William\Documents\H\");
MessageBox.Show(string.Format("File Count :{0} and Files :{1}", files.Length, string.Join(",",  files)));