Is there an async version of DirectoryInfo.GetFiles / Directory.GetDirectories in dotNet?

Question

Is there an asynchronous version of DirectoryInfo.GetFiles / Directory.GetDirectories in dotNet? I\'d like to use them in an F# async block, and it\'d be nice to have a ver

Answer 1

Actually, according to the help for Directory.GetFiles, Directory.EnumerateFiles will return the first result immediately (it's an IEnumerable), rather than wait for the entire list before returning. I believe that's probably what you're looking for.