Managing the filesystem
Your applications will often need to perform input and output with files and directories in different environments. The System and System.IO namespaces contain classes for this purpose.
Handling cross-platform environments and filesystems
Let's explore how to handle cross-platform environments like the differences between Windows and Linux or macOS:
- Create a new console application named
WorkingWithFileSystemsin a folder namedChapter09. - Save the workspace as
Chapter09and addWorkingWithFileSystemsto it. - Import the
System.IOnamespace, and statically import theSystem.Console,System.IO.Directory,System.Environment, andSystem.IO.Pathtypes, as shown in the following code:using System.IO; // types for managing the filesystem using static System.Console; using static System.IO.Directory; using static System.IO.Path; using static System.Environment;