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LoadFromOSDirectory(IWritableDirectoryContents,String) Method



OpcLabs.BaseLib Assembly > OpcLabs.BaseLib.Extensions.FileProviders Namespace > IWritableDirectoryContentsExtension Class > LoadFromOSDirectory Method : LoadFromOSDirectory(IWritableDirectoryContents,String) Method
The writable directory contents object that will perform the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

The path to the physical directory from which this directory should be loaded.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Loads the contents of the directory from a physical directory.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function LoadFromOSDirectory( _
   ByVal writableDirectoryContents As IWritableDirectoryContents, _
   ByVal sourceOSDirectoryPath As String _
) As ValueTuple(Of Long,Long,Long)
'Usage
 
Dim writableDirectoryContents As IWritableDirectoryContents
Dim sourceOSDirectoryPath As String
Dim value As ValueTuple(Of Long,Long,Long)
 
value = IWritableDirectoryContentsExtension.LoadFromOSDirectory(writableDirectoryContents, sourceOSDirectoryPath)

Parameters

writableDirectoryContents
The writable directory contents object that will perform the operation.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

sourceOSDirectoryPath
The path to the physical directory from which this directory should be loaded.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns a tuple with number of bytes copied, number of files copied, and number of directories copied.
Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Part of a file or directory cannot be found.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

An attempt to access a file that does not exist on disk has failed.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

An I/O error has occurred.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

An invoked method is not supported at all, or is not supported with the parameters used to create the object.

A path or fully qualified file name is longer than the system-defined maximum length.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

A security error was detected.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

The operating system has denied access because of an I/O error or a specific type of security error.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

This is an extension method (info: C#, VB.NET). In languages that have support for extensions methods (such as C# and VB.NET), you can use the extension method as if it were a regular method on the object that is its first parameter. In other languages (such as with Python.NET), you will call the extension as a static method, and pass it the object on which it acts as its first parameter.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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