Check if File exists in directory ignoring the extension

Question

I am using .NET 2.0 and Linq is out of question. I would like to check if file exists inside a directory without knowledge of the file extension.

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Answer 1

DirectoryInfo root = new DirectoryInfo("your_directory_path");
FileInfo[] listfiles = root.GetFiles("dummy.*");
if (listfiles.Length > 0)
{
  //File exists
  foreach (FileInfo file in listfiles)
        {
            //Get Filename and link download here
        }
}
else
{
  //File does not exist
  //Upload
}

Hope this works

Answer 2

To see if a file exists with that name, can you not just use..

However, Directory.GetFiles already includes the full path

string [] files = Directory.GetFiles(Path,"name*");
bool exists =  files.Length > 0;

if ( exists)
{
   //Get file info - assuming only one file here..
    FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(files[0]);

    //Or loop through all files
    foreach (string s in files)
    {
         FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(s);
         //Do something with fileinfo
    }
}

Answer 3

You can use DirectoryInfo.GetFiles() to have a FileInfo[] instead of a String[].