Paths and files

Work with normalized paths, files, archives, and temporary directories.

Entry points

Gets the current user's roaming application-data directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath ApplicationData { get; }

Gets the current user's documents directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath Documents { get; }

Gets the current user's local application-data directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath LocalApplicationData { get; }

Gets the platform's program-files directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath ProgramFiles { get; }

Gets the platform's 32-bit program-files directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath ProgramFilesX86 { get; }

Gets the current user's profile directory without checking its existence.

public static AbsolutePath UserProfile { get; }

Creates a uniquely named directory under the platform's temporary directory.

public static AbsolutePath CreateTempDirectory(string? prefix = null)

prefix string?: An optional filename-safe prefix. Directory separators and invalid filename characters are rejected.

Creates a uniquely named empty file under the platform's temporary directory.

public static AbsolutePath CreateTempFile(string? prefix = null, string extension = ".tmp")

prefix string?: An optional filename-safe prefix. Directory separators and invalid filename characters are rejected.
extension string: A file extension of at least two characters, including its leading .; separators and invalid filename characters are rejected.