How to browse directories of an IP address

[Jaswiel]

Hello,I was wondering how to write code to enable me to browse directories of an IP address that i enter into a textbox. I want to browse the directories and select one to compare it with another directory on my local host. This is done in a Windows Forms application. Please help if possible.

[tourrider]

You can browse UNC resources via Ip address. You'll need access to a share on the host machine.

this example shows access to the administrative share on the localhost(127.0.0.1).

string myIPaddress = "\\\\127.0.0.1\\C$";
string[] folders = Directory.GetDirectories(myIPaddress);
foreach (string file in folders)
Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(file));


Using a resolvable hostname works too..

string myHostName = "\\\\hrPC00161904\\C$";
string[] folders = Directory.GetDirectories(myHostName);
foreach (string file in folders)
Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFileName(file));


Cheers !

[Jaswiel]

Thanks for the answer, problem is it is a windows GUI application so i want to list the directory contents in a listView control and i want to compare the if the files are the same in both directories and compare file versions of the files that are the same. Thanks for your help. I am really lost on this and would greatly appreciate it if you could help me?

[Jaswiel]

And how do I connect to the IP of another computer? What connection should I use? I am really inexperienced with this sort of thing.

[tourrider]

Find the attached project.

It shows how to use the Directory and File classes.

This should give you some ideas.

[Jaswiel]

Thank you it has given me ideas. Do you know how to list the file versions with the file names in the listView? that would really help me a lot. Major problem is sorted out now, thank you so much, now I just have to figure out how to compare if both directories contain the same files and same file versions of those files. Please help if possible?