Question

Some guys and I have the same folder stored in our C drives, but each in a different location. I’m trying to write the code that can access to this folder on every machine. I’ve tried "~/xx/xx", but it doesn’t work. How should I do this?

Update:
This is what I have now:

foreach (var dir in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(@"C:\", "*dataDir*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
{
     Debug.WriteLine(dir);
}

Exception: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\$INPLACE.~TR\' is denied.

Answer 1

Directory.EnumerateDirectories should work. You can do .Single() if you’re only expecting one match.

foreach(var dir in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(@"C:\", "*STUFF*", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
{
    Console.WriteLine(dir);
}

Yields:
C:\STUFF
C:\other\STUFF