Key Classes Related to File I/O
Every application, image, database, message, and document is stored as some form of a file. Directories and files are the warehouses and boxes of our applications. All our applications spend time interacting with the file system at some level. And most of our applications require us to read, write, or manipulate files and directories.
The .NET System.IO namespace provides us with a rich set of tools to write effective file I/O code in a productive manner. This namespace encapsulates functionality related to both synchronous and asynchronous reading and writing to files and streams. Table 7.1 presents the key classes contained in the namespaces. These classes represent those primarily used by developers when implementing ...
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