Question

I have a csv file with file names and I need to search for those filenames in a particular directory. I can read thru a csv file and get all the filenames but would like to know how can I search for those files.

Any pointers would be would of great help

Answer 1

It’s pretty easy, there are many different ways you can do this. I prefer the “exists” method if I am just trying to find out if the files are there.

string SearchDirectory = "C:\\SomeDirectory\\";
List<String> FilesToSearch = new List<string>();
//Populate FilesToSearch from your csv...
foreach (String CurrentFileToSearch in FilesToSearch)
{
    if (System.IO.File.Exists(SearchDirectory + TargetFileName))
    {
        //Do Something!
    }
}