Directory.GetDirectories Method (String)

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Gets the names of subdirectories (including their paths) in the specified directory.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Public Shared Function GetDirectories ( _
    path As String _
) As String()

public static string[] GetDirectories(
    string path
)

path
Type: System..::.String
The path for which an array of subdirectory names is returned.

Type: array<System..::.String>[]()[]
An array of type String containing the names of subdirectories in path.

Exception	Condition
UnauthorizedAccessException	The caller does not have the required permission.
ArgumentException	path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or contains one or more invalid characters.
ArgumentNullException	path is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
PathTooLongException	The specified path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters and file names must be less than 260 characters.
IOException	path is a file name.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).