Search within subforlder if a file exist

Question

I have a folder named A which has subfolders A1, A2 and A3. Each of these subfolders contain a folder named B. I want to seach the subsfolders of A which are A1, A2 and A3 for the B folder and if it exist I want to get from that folder the latest file path.

var directory = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\app\A\A1\B");

var myFile = directory.GetFiles()
             .OrderByDescending(f => f.LastWriteTime)
             .First();

I wan to avoid using the directory var and search instead.

So what have you tried? "C# find subdirectories" yields plenty of results. — CodeCaster, Oct 02 '15 at 08:59
Did you check the syntax of the method you already use? It has several overloads. (very strong hint) — Panagiotis Kanavos, Oct 02 '15 at 09:02
This question in essence is searching recursively for a specific folder/file. which already exists: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9830069/searching-for-file-in-directories-recursively — Thomas, Oct 02 '15 at 09:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 02 '15 at 09:08

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You can use GetDirectories() method in Directory class with the wildcard character "*". This wildcard will list all the directories under the current directory.

So an example is like this:

string[] dirs = Directory.GetDirectories(@"C:\app\", "*", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
foreach (string dir in dirs)
{
    Response.Write(dir + "<br>");
}

edited Oct 02 '15 at 09:08

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answered Oct 02 '15 at 09:06

Search within subforlder if a file exist

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