Searching for file in directories recursively

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You could use this overload of Directory.GetFiles which searches subdirectories for you, for example:

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sDir, "*.xml", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

Only one extension can be searched for like that, but you could use something like:

var extensions = new List<string> { ".txt", ".xml" };
string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(sDir, "*.*", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
                    .Where(f => extensions.IndexOf(Path.GetExtension(f)) >= 0).ToArray();

to select files with the required extensions (N.B. that is case-sensitive for the extension).

In some cases it can be desirable to enumerate over the files with the Directory.EnumerateFiles Method:

foreach(string f in Directory.EnumerateFiles(sDir, "*.xml", SearchOption.AllDirectories))
{
    // do something
}

Consult the documentation for exceptions which can be thrown, such as UnauthorizedAccessException if the code is running under an account which does not have appropriate access permissions.

If the UnauthorizedAccessException is a problem, then please see the fine answers at Directory.EnumerateFiles => UnauthorizedAccessException.

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