.NET Core and FileStream

Question

With the advent of .NET Core / Native console app (RC1) I wonder if there is an equivalent of FileStream in  .NET Core that I can use to open any location on the disk?

I just tried to compile

using (var s = new FileStream(@"c:\temp\a.txt", FileMode.Create))
using (var sw = new StreamWriter(s))
    sw.WriteLine("it worked!");

And I got the following erros

Program.cs(13,32,13,42): DNX Core 5.0 error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'FileStream' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
Program.cs(13,61,13,69): DNX Core 5.0 error CS0103: The name 'FileMode' does not exist in the current context

And YES I have 'using System.IO'
The problem is in the library, it's NOT mscorlib, it's .NET Core

Answer 1

Someone gave me the answer, I must install this .NET package

https://www.nuget.org/packages/System.IO.FileSystem/4.0.0

Answer 2

@LIoyd,

Glad to hear you have worked it out, and thanks for sharing here.

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