list the first file name in a directory vb.net 2005

[Javilen]

Hello,

I have a directory with 26,500 files in it.

I need to parse each of these files and rename them.

To rename them I need to compare some parts of each file name to a look up table, take a value from the look up table and combine it with another part of the file name for the new file name.

Normally I would simply do the below:

Dim files() As String = Directory.GetFiles(“mydrectory”)

And it would populate an array with the file names, I could then loop through it.

But with 26,500 files this does not seem to be an available option.

I would instead like to do my loop based on “one file at a time” from the directory but have no idea how to get only one file name at a time, preferably the top most filename.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

[Plater]

GetFiles() also takes search pattern string (*.txt for example)
That could be used to your benefit.
You could do "a*.*" and get all the files starting with an "a", then do the same for each starting character.

[Javilen]

GetFiles() also takes search pattern string (*.txt for example)
That could be used to your benefit.
You could do "a*.*" and get all the files starting with an "a", then do the same for each starting character.

It's a good idea, and I think I can use it to break my groups down into 1100 parts, but if there is a way to just take the first file found and work with it I would prefer this.