Searching randomly

[Lost User]

Hello friends, how can I search for a file say 'filename.txt' randomly in the C: drive? The drive contains many folders and sub-directories, and thus I want to have a thorough search into all the folders and subdirectories present in the drive for the particular file. Please tell me how. NOTE: I dont know the names of the directories that are present in the drive. Hope to recieve help from you guys soon, Rajdeep.NET :rolleyes:

[fly904]

You obviously have an internet conenction because you're posting here, so I suggest you navigate to http://www.google.com/[^] and search 'c# file search'.

My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

[Luc Pattyn]

Can you show sample code please. Thank you very much.

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[fly904]

public Answer GoogleSearch(string question)
{
try
{
User.EngageBrain(); //Throws exception here.... please(or plz) help.
User.NavigateToGoogle();
return User.SearchForAnswer(question);
}
catch (StupidityException fail)
{
return (Answer)fail.Message;
}
}

Hope that helps.

My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

[Luc Pattyn]

OK, have some vegemite :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: :vegemite: PS: got a compiler error (not all code paths return a value""), plz help.

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[fly904]

Meh, no matter what people try, it always returns null in the end.

My failometer is detecting vast quantities of FAIL! "Its SQL - hardly programming..." (Caslen)

[Dan Neely]

//assumes the file definitely exists. If it might not you'll need to add a counter and abort the search after X attempts, where X >> numValidPathChars^260 (260 = max normal path name)).
fileNotFound = true;
while (fileNotFound)
{
pathToTest = GetRandomPath();
fileNotFound = (FileIsInDirectory(pathToTest,fileName);
}

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains. -- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

[terradtc]

Be aware that most examples available through a search on google can and probably will result in an PathTooLongException, be sure to use the FindFirstFile function in kernel32.dll

[jas0n23]

hahaha

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