using System.IO; // include the System.IO namespaceFile.SomeFileMethod(); // use the file class with methods
Method
Description
AppendText()
Appends text at the end of an existing file
Copy()
Copies a file
Create()
Creates or overwrites a file
Delete()
Deletes a file
Exists()
Tests whether the file exists
ReadAllText()
Reads the contents of a file
Replace()
Replaces the contents of a file with the contents of another file
WriteAllText()
Creates a new file and writes the contents to it. If the file already exists, it will be overwritten.
Write To a File and Read It
using System.IO; // include the System.IO namespacestring writeText = "Hello World!"; // Create a text stringFile.WriteAllText("filename.txt", writeText); // Create a file and write the content of writeText to itstring readText = File.ReadAllText("filename.txt"); // Read the contents of the fileConsole.WriteLine(readText); // Output the content