Question

I am going getting all the folders within a folder as follows:

foreach (DirectoryInfo directory in root.GetDirectories())

I now want to check all the files in each of those folder individualally for an XML file.If the XML file exists I want to do something.

What would be the best way to go about this?

I know this is the basis:

   if (File.Exists("*.xml"))
        {

        }

but that is not working?

Answer 1

Try this method if you want to actually do something with the XML file. If you are just checking to see if any xml file exists then I would go a different route:

foreach (DirectoryInfo directory in root.GetDirectories())
{
    foreach(string file in Directory.GetFiles(directory.FullName, "*.xml"))
    {
      //if you get in here then do something with the file
      //an "if" statement is not necessary.
    }
}

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wz42302f.aspx