// Used for file and directory

// manipulation
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

// Start VS with admin rights by

// right clicking it and run as
// administrator

namespace CSharpTutA.cs
{

class Program
{

static void Main(string[] args)

{
// ----- MESSING WITH DIRECTORIES -----

// Get access to the current directory

DirectoryInfo currDir = new DirectoryInfo(".");

// Get access to a directory with a path

DirectoryInfo dereksDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas");

// Get the directory path

Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.FullName);

// Get the directory name

Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Name);

// Get the parent directory

Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Parent);

// What type is it
Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.Attributes);

// When was it created

Console.WriteLine(dereksDir.CreationTime);

// Create a directory
DirectoryInfo dataDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\
C#Data");
dataDir.Create();

// Delete a directory
// Directory.Delete(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data");

// ----- SIMPLE FILE READING & WRITING -----

// Write a string array to a text file

string[] customers =
{
"Ahmed Abdi",
"Khalid Hassan",
"Ayaan Ali"
};

string textFilePath = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile1.txt";

 ;
// Write the array
File.WriteAllLines(textFilePath,
customers);

// Read strings from array

foreach (string cust in File.ReadAllLines(textFilePath))
{
Console.WriteLine($"Customer : {cust}");
}

// ----- GETTING FILE DATA -----

DirectoryInfo myDataDir = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\derekbanas\

C#Data");

// Get all txt files

FileInfo[] txtFiles = myDataDir.GetFiles("*.txt",
SearchOption.AllDirectories);

// Number of matches
Console.WriteLine("Matches : {0}",
txtFiles.Length);

foreach (FileInfo file in txtFiles)

{
// Get file name
Console.WriteLine(file.Name);

// Get bytes in file

Console.WriteLine(file.Length);
}

// ----- FILESTREAMS -----

// FileStream is used to read and write a byte
// or an array of bytes.

string textFilePath2 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile2.txt";

// Create and open a file

FileStream fs = File.Open(textFilePath2,
FileMode.Create);

string randString = "This is a random string";

// Convert to a byte array

byte[] rsByteArray = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(randString);

// Write to file by defining the byte array,

// the index to start writing from and length
fs.Write(rsByteArray, 0,
rsByteArray.Length);

// Move back to the beginning of the file

fs.Position = 0;

// Create byte array to hold file data

byte[] fileByteArray = new byte[rsByteArray.Length];
// Put bytes in array
for(int i = 0; i < rsByteArray.Length; i++)
{
fileByteArray[i] = (byte)fs.ReadByte();
}

// Convert from bytes to string and output

Console.WriteLine(Encoding.Default.GetString(fileByteArray));

// Close the FileStream

fs.Close();

// ----- STREAMWRITER / STREAMREADER -----

// These are best for reading and writing strings

string textFilePath3 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile3.txt";

// Create a text file

StreamWriter sw = File.CreateText(textFilePath3);

// Write to a file without a newline

sw.Write("This is a random ");

// Write to a file with a newline

sw.WriteLine("sentence.");

// Write another
sw.WriteLine("This is another sentence.");

// Close the StreamWriter

sw.Close();

// Open the file for reading

StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(textFilePath3);

// Peek returns the next character as a unicode

// number. Use Convert to change to a character
Console.WriteLine("Peek : {0}",
Convert.ToChar(sr.Peek()));

// Read to a newline
Console.WriteLine("1st String : {0}",
sr.ReadLine());

// Read to the end of the file starting

// where you left off reading
Console.WriteLine("Everything : {0}",
sr.ReadToEnd());

sr.Close();

// ----- BINARYWRITER / BINARYREADER -----

// Used to read and write data types
string textFilePath4 = @"C:\Users\derekbanas\C#Data\testfile4.dat";

// Get the file

FileInfo datFile = new FileInfo(textFilePath4);

// Open the file

 BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter(datFile.OpenWrite());

// Data to save to the file

string randText = "Random Text";
int myAge = 42;
double height = 6.25;

// Write data to a file

bw.Write(randText);
bw.Write(myAge);
bw.Write(height);

bw.Close();

// Open file for reading

BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(datFile.OpenRead());

// Output data
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadString());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadInt32());
Console.WriteLine(br.ReadDouble());

br.Close();

Console.ReadLine();

}
}
}