System.IO.FileAccess Enumeration

Summary

Defines constants for read, write, or read/write access to a file.

C# Syntax:

[Flags] [Serializable] public enum FileAccess

A FileAccess parameter is specified in many of the constructors for File, FileInfo, FileStream, and other constructors where it is important to control the kind of access users have to a file.

The following FileStream constructor grants read-only access to an existing file (FileAccess.Read).

FileStream s2 = new FileStream(name, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);

    

System.IO Namespace | File | FileInfo | FileStream | IsolatedStorageFileStream

System.IO.FileAccess Member List:

Public Fields

Read	Read access to the file. Data can be read from the file. Combine with Write for read/write access.
ReadWrite	Read and write access to the file. Data can be written to and read from the file.
Write	Write access to the file. Data can be written to the file. Combine with Read for read/write access.

Hierarchy:

• System.Object
• System.ValueType
• System.Enum
• System.IO.FileAccess

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