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copied!<p>You can search an entire tree for a file using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143316.aspx" rel="nofollow">Directory.GetFiles(path,searchPattern,SearchOption)</a> or <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383571.aspx" rel="nofollow">Directory.EnumerateFiles</a> with <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143448.aspx" rel="nofollow">SearchOption.AllDirectories</a>, eg</p> <pre><code>var fullPaths=Directory.GetFiles(myPath,"abc.xml",SearchOption.AllDirectories) </code></pre> <p>You can also use the DirectoryInfo class to get full FileInfo instances instead of just the paths, with access to file properties and attributes:</p> <pre><code>var myDir=new DirectoryInfo(myPath); var fileInfos=myDir.GetFiles("abc.xml",SearchOption.AllDirectories); </code></pre> <p>The difference between the GetFiles and EnumerateFiles methods is that the first returns an array with all the files found, blocking until it finds all of them. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383689.aspx" rel="nofollow">EnumerateFiles</a> on the other hand returns results as it finds them, so you get to process the results much sooner.</p> <p>What goes for GetFiles goes for the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143314.aspx" rel="nofollow">GetDirectories</a>/<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383462.aspx" rel="nofollow">EnumerateDirectories</a> set of functions as well. The methods are available both from the Directory and DirectoryInfo class.</p> <p>If you want to search for both directories and files, you can use <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383460.aspx" rel="nofollow">GetFileSystemEntries</a>/<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383459.aspx" rel="nofollow">EnumerateFileSystemEntries</a> to return both of them with a single call. The equivalent DirectoryInfo methods are <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383457.aspx" rel="nofollow">GetFileSystemInfos</a>/<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd383457.aspx" rel="nofollow">EnumerateFileSystemInfos</a></p>

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