How Can I get property of a folder in c#?

Question

Hi friends, in my applicatin I want to be sure that a Folder is not readonly. because I write something in it. How can I check it? or How can I change that attribute?
thanks

Answer 1

static bool IsDirectoryReadOnly(string path)
        {
            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
            {
                DirectoryInfo dr = new DirectoryInfo(path);
                if (dr.Attributes == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
                {
                    return true;
                }
                
            }

            return false;
        }
        

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Answer 2

FileAttributes us a Flags enum and it's likely that more than one is set. Therefore you should use bit operators to check for just the ReadOnly flag.


if ((dr.Attributes & FileAttributes.ReadOnly) != 0)

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Mattias, C# MVP