VB.NET

Iterate over Files and Directories in Filesystem Directory Tree

Demonstrates how to use the Chilkat DirTree object/class to iterate over the names of files and sub-directories in a directory tree.

This example iterates over a directory tree that contains these files and sub-directories:

a
    images (sub-directory)
        dudeA.gif
        Thumbs.db
    hamlet.xml
    pigs.xml
    Setup.exe
b
    yyy (sub-directory)
    zzz (sub-directory)
        HelloWorld123.txt
        test123.txt
    dude.gif
    dudeC.gif
    hello.txt
    Thumbs.db
test123.txt

The output for the code below looks like this:

(sub-directory)
Relative Path: a
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a
----
(sub-directory)
Relative Path: b
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b
----
Size in bytes: 15
Relative Path: test123.txt
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\test123.txt
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\test123.txt
----
Size in bytes: 279658
Relative Path: a\hamlet.xml
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\hamlet.xml
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\hamlet.xml
----
(sub-directory)
Relative Path: a\images
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\images
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\images
----
Size in bytes: 8463
Relative Path: a\pigs.xml
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\pigs.xml
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\pigs.xml
----
Size in bytes: 24576
Relative Path: a\Setup.exe
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\Setup.exe
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\Setup.exe
----
Size in bytes: 6221
Relative Path: b\dude.gif
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\dude.gif
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\dude.gif
----
Size in bytes: 6221
Relative Path: b\dudeC.gif
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\dudeC.gif
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\dudeC.gif
----
Size in bytes: 13
Relative Path: b\hello.txt
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\hello.txt
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\hello.txt
----
Size in bytes: 10240
Relative Path: b\Thumbs.db
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\Thumbs.db
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\Thumbs.db
----
(sub-directory)
Relative Path: b\yyy
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\yyy
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\yyy
----
(sub-directory)
Relative Path: b\zzz
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz
----
Size in bytes: 6221
Relative Path: a\images\dudeA.gif
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\images\dudeA.gif
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\images\dudeA.gif
----
Size in bytes: 6144
Relative Path: a\images\Thumbs.db
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\a\images\Thumbs.db
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\a\images\Thumbs.db
----
Size in bytes: 6080
Relative Path: b\zzz\HelloWorld123.txt
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz\HelloWorld123.txt
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz\HelloWorld123.txt
----
Size in bytes: 15
Relative Path: b\zzz\test123.txt
Absolute Path: c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz\test123.txt
Absolute UNC Path: \\?\c:\temp\abc123\b\zzz\test123.txt
----

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim dirTree As New Chilkat.DirTree

' Specify the root of the directory tree to be traversed.
dirTree.BaseDir = "c:/temp/abc123"

' Indicate that we want to recursively traverse the tree.
dirTree.Recurse = True

' Begin the directory tree traversal.
success = dirTree.BeginIterate()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(dirTree.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim doneIterating As Boolean = dirTree.DoneIterating
While doneIterating <> True

    ' Examine the file or directory at the current traversal position:
    If (dirTree.IsDirectory = True) Then
        Debug.WriteLine("(sub-directory)")
    Else
        Debug.WriteLine("Size in bytes: " & dirTree.FileSize32)
        ' If the file size is larger than 2GB, then get the size as a decimal string.
        ' (Chilkat provides a FileSize64 method in *some* programming languages. The FileSizeStr property is added in Chilkat v9.5.0.88)
        Debug.WriteLine("Size in bytes: " & dirTree.FileSizeStr)
    End If


    Debug.WriteLine("Relative Path: " & dirTree.RelativePath)
    Debug.WriteLine("Absolute Path: " & dirTree.FullPath)
    Debug.WriteLine("Absolute UNC Path: " & dirTree.FullUncPath)
    Debug.WriteLine("----")

    ' Advance to the next file or sub-directory in the tree traversal.
    success = dirTree.AdvancePosition()
    If (success <> True) Then
        If (dirTree.DoneIterating <> True) Then
            Debug.WriteLine(dirTree.LastErrorText)
            Exit Sub
        End If

    End If


    doneIterating = dirTree.DoneIterating
End While