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Just something I noticed today when doing directory searches that might trip some people up.
I found on my Windows XP machine that
System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(“C:\”) gave me 17 folders
System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(“C:”) gave me 17 folders
System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(“D:\”) gave me 12 folders
System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(“D:”) gave me 0 folders
I was trying to figure out why my search was missing my D drive.
My guess is that
GetDirectories("D:")gives you the list of directories within the current directory of your D drive, whileGetDirectories("D:\")gives you the list of directories in the root of your D drive.If your D drive’s root has 12 directories and the current directory is on your D drive and has no directories in it, those are the results you should expect.