Is there a method to read files by date modified ?

Lee Holsenbeck

i have been using the getfiles method, but that retrieves only
alphabetically. i'd like to be able to retrieve filenames in a directory by
thier date modified.
does .net have a method for this ?
the closest i can see is to use the file system object.

thanks in advance,
Lee

Sep 29 '05 #1

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Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]

"Lee Holsenbeck" <Le***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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i have been using the getfiles method, but that retrieves only
alphabetically. i'd like to be able to retrieve filenames in a directory
by
thier date modified.
does .net have a method for this ?
the closest i can see is to use the file system object.

You'll probably have to just get the FileInfo objects and sort the
collection yourself. Shouldn't be too hard.

Sep 29 '05 #2

Scott

Seems to me you could create a class implementing the "IComparer" interface,
put all your FileInfo's into an arraylist then call the
ArrayList.Sort(IComparer) method to get the work done cleanly.

Scott
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"Lee Holsenbeck" <Le***********@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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i have been using the getfiles method, but that retrieves only
alphabetically. i'd like to be able to retrieve filenames in a directory
by
thier date modified.
does .net have a method for this ?
the closest i can see is to use the file system object.

You'll probably have to just get the FileInfo objects and sort the
collection yourself. Shouldn't be too hard.

Sep 30 '05 #3

Daniel O'Connell [C# MVP]

"Scott" <sd******@gmail.HEY_YOU.com> wrote in message
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Seems to me you could create a class implementing the "IComparer"
interface, put all your FileInfo's into an arraylist then call the
ArrayList.Sort(IComparer) method to get the work done cleanly.

yeah, that is probably the best way to do it.

Sep 30 '05 #4

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