directory attributes

[wheels619]

I noticed that the FileAttributes has the normal properties of a directory/file like if it's readOnly, hidden, etc. but I don't see an attribute to determine if the directory/file is sharable. Would I have to access the file's ACL to determine if a file is sharable?

[mcmcom]

sharing is not a naitive property of the FileAttributes class therefore it cannot be accessed that way. shares in windows are determined by the registry and you will have to look there to get a listing of shared dirs. I dont think you can specifty a folder and see if its shared. Try searching for C# + UNC SHARES.

hth,
mcm

[darwen]

Accessing share information directly through the registry isn't an advisable idea. It's better to use WMI.

Have a look here. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/win32_share.asp)

It's a start point : not the solution.

You'll need to look up the Windows Management Infrastructure classes and reference here (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconmanagingapplicationsusingwmi.asp?frame=true).

Darwen.

[wheels619]

great; thanks for the link; i came up with this; this will display the shared folders under its shared name;

static void runWMICommand()
{
string qs = "select * from Win32_Share";

ObjectQuery q = new ObjectQuery(qs);

ManagementObjectSearcher sr = new ManagementObjectSearcher(q);

foreach (ManagementObject obj in sr.Get())
{

Console.WriteLine(obj["Name"]);

}
}