In this chapter you’ll:

• Create, read, write and update files.

• Use classes File and Directory to obtain information about files and directories on your computer.

• Use LINQ to search through directories.

• Become familiar with sequential-access file processing.

• Use classes FileStream, StreamReader and StreamWriter to read text from and write text to files.

• Use classes FileStream and BinaryFormatter to read objects from and write objects to files.