How do you create a folder in c#?

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I have a script to make a text file, but if the folder does not exist, it won't create the text file.

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Answer by vexe · Sep 02, 2013 at 02:43 AM

As Eric5h5 said, you have to first:

 using System.IO

Then, if you want to create a Folder:

 var folder = Directory.CreateDirectory("path/to/your/dir"); // returns a DirectoryInfo object

if you wanna create a file:

 var file = File.Create("path/to/your/file"); // returns a FileInfo object

I have a nice tutorial package especially for the System.IO namespace, you'll learn everything you need about handling files and folders, have a look :)

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MH1 · Sep 03, 2013 at 01:19 AM 0

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It worked, Thanks.

charmi212121 · Feb 09, 2016 at 06:11 PM 0

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@vexe Nicely Explained. Thanks!!

Bohdan-Shpytko · Jul 17, 2016 at 09:12 AM 0

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thanks dude !!!

ardiawanbagusharisa · Jan 15, 2018 at 03:10 AM 0

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I wonder why unity didn't put this as a built-in method? or did they?

Eric5h5 ardiawanbagusharisa · Jan 15, 2018 at 03:33 AM 0

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Unity uses Mono, System.IO is part of Mono, it's already built-in and there's not much point duplicating something that already exists. (Not quite no point, however, since UnityEngine.Windows.Directory.CreateDirectory does exist, but only for UWP, probably because that platform has weird .NET incompatibilities.)

guitarjorge24 · Feb 18, 2019 at 08:35 AM 0

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why did you define a var to create a folder ins$$anonymous$$d of just calling the CreateDirectory function on it's own? Is there any use for that? Just writing Directory.CreateDirectory("path/to/your/dir"); should've been enough

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Answer by Eric5h5 · Sep 02, 2013 at 02:24 AM

Anything related to file IO is always in System.IO.

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Answer by justinhimt · Nov 12, 2014 at 06:51 AM

Because of the static nature of Directory class , we do not have to instantiate the class. We can call the methods directly from the Directory class itself.

   try
   {
             if (!Directory.Exists(filePath))
             {
                 Directory.CreateDirectory(filePath);
             }
 
   }
   catch (IOException ex)
   {
      Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
   }

Source : Directory Class

Justin

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