Chapter 13

1. The most important classes in the System.IO namespace for working with system objects are Path for paths, File and FileInfo for files, and Directory and DirectoryInfo for directories.
2. The preferred way of concatenating paths is by using the Path.Combine() static method.
3. The path of the temporary folder of the current user can be retrieved with the Path.GetTempPath() static method.
4. The File and FileInfo classes provide similar functionalities but File is a static class and FileInfo is a non-static class. Likewise, Directory is a static class and DirectoryInfo is a non-static class, although their functionalities are similar.
5. To create directories, you can use the Create() and CreateSubdirectory() methods. The former creates a directory when its direct parent exists. The latter creates a subdirectory and all the other subdirectories in a hierarchy up to the root, if necessary. To enumerate directories, use the EnumerateDirectories() method, which retrieves...