how to get count of files in a remote machine

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Hi All,

i want to take the count of files in a remote machine.i used these codes:

C#

1st method:System.IO.Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Count();

2nd method:System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories).Count();

using these am getting the file count,but its taking very much time.(eg:my remote machine containing more than 50000 records and its taking more than 3-4 minuts). i need a better solution through which i will get the count even more faster.

Please help

thanks,
Elizabath

Posted 2-Jun-13 22:42pm

Elizabath D

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_Amy · Answer 1 · 2013-06-02T22:45:00

Solution 1

Try this:

C#

Directory.GetFiles("\\\\RemoteMachine\\ShareName").Length;

--Amit

Posted 2-Jun-13 22:45pm

_Amy

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Elizabath D 3-Jun-13 5:42am

i already used this method,but its showing count as zero.

_Amy 3-Jun-13 5:44am

Try this linq:
var fileCount = (from file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, "FileFormat", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
select file).Count();

And this[^] may help you also.
--Amit

Elizabath D 4-Jun-13 0:55am

thanks..its working for me.but i want to know can i change linq and use something else because i want to run this in 2.0 framework also,which do not support linq.

_Amy 4-Jun-13 1:07am

The see A Faster Directory Enumerator[^]. And let me know if you able to make search faster. :)
--Amit

_Amy 4-Jun-13 1:13am

Also see a similar solution : Reporting Progress on Directory.GetFiles[^].