C#

bashiwala wrote:

delete all non empty subfolders and files under a directory.

bashiwala wrote:

But even using Recursion requires non empty directory, isn't it ?

void delete(string directory)
{
  delete all files in directory

  for all subdirectories in directory
  {
    call delete with current subdirectory
    delete the now empty subdirectory
  }
}

bashiwala wrote:

Is there any easy way ?

Q: What is "easier" than writing 10 or 20 or 200 lines of code?
A: Getting someone else to do it for you.

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using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;<br />

<br />
MyClass MyObject = null;<br />
BinaryFormatter binReader = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
System.IO.Stream readStream = File.Open("c:\blah.dat", FileMode.Open);<br />
MyObject = (MyClass)binReader.Deserialize(readStream);<br />
readStream.Close();<br />

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MyClass MyObject = new MyClass();<br />
<br />
BinaryFormatter binWriter = new BinaryFormatter();<br />
System.IO.Stream writeStream = File.Open("c:\blah.dat", FileMode.Create);<br />
binWriter.Serialize(writeStream, MyObject);<br />
writeStream.Close();<br />

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[Serializable]<br />
public class MyClass<br />
{<br />
string SomeString = null;<br />
int SomeInteger = 0;<br />
string AnotherString = null;<br />
}<br />

DropDownList2.SelectedItem = YestYear.ToString();<br />
DropDownList3.SelectedItem = YestMonth.ToString();<br />
DropDownList4.SelectedItem = YestDay.ToString();