StarThrower.FileUtilities 2.0.0

.NET 10.0

dotnet add package StarThrower.FileUtilities --version 2.0.0

NuGet\Install-Package StarThrower.FileUtilities -Version 2.0.0

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<PackageReference Include="StarThrower.FileUtilities" Version="2.0.0" />

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<PackageVersion Include="StarThrower.FileUtilities" Version="2.0.0" />
                    

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<PackageReference Include="StarThrower.FileUtilities" />
                    

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paket add StarThrower.FileUtilities --version 2.0.0

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#r "nuget: StarThrower.FileUtilities, 2.0.0"

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#:package StarThrower.FileUtilities@2.0.0

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#addin nuget:?package=StarThrower.FileUtilities&version=2.0.0
                    

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#tool nuget:?package=StarThrower.FileUtilities&version=2.0.0
                    

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StarThrower.FileUtilities

File and directory I/O helper methods for common read, write, and comparison operations.

StarThrower.FileUtilities provides FileSystem, a small static class with helpers for byte-level file comparison, writing text files, and bulk-deleting files in a directory.

Installation

dotnet add package StarThrower.FileUtilities

`FileSystem`

Method	Description
`FileCompare(string? file1, string? file2)`	Returns `true` if the two files have identical content (same length and byte-for-byte equal), or if `file1` and `file2` refer to the same path. Returns `false` otherwise.
`WriteTextFile(string fileName, string text)`	Writes `text` to `fileName`, deleting and recreating the file if it already exists. Encodes the text as ASCII — characters outside the ASCII range will be replaced with `?`.
`DeleteFiles(string directory)`	Deletes every file directly inside `directory` on a best-effort basis. Subdirectories and their contents are left untouched. If one or more files fail to delete, every other file is still attempted, and an `AggregateException` collecting all the per-file failures is thrown once all files have been attempted.

using StarThrower.FileUtilities;

if (FileSystem.FileCompare(@"C:\data\a.txt", @"C:\data\b.txt"))
{
    Console.WriteLine("Files are identical.");
}

FileSystem.WriteTextFile(@"C:\output\report.txt", "Hello, world!");

// Clear out a temp directory (subfolders are preserved)
FileSystem.DeleteFiles(@"C:\temp\working");

Usage Notes

WriteTextFile uses ASCIIEncoding, not UTF-8. If you need to write non-ASCII text (accented characters, non-Latin scripts, etc.), encode the file yourself with File.WriteAllText and an explicit Encoding.
DeleteFiles is non-recursive by design — it will not remove subdirectories.
DeleteFiles deletes on a best-effort basis: a file that fails to delete (e.g. locked, permission denied) does not stop the rest from being deleted. Any failures are reported together via a single AggregateException thrown after every file has been attempted, with one inner exception per failed file.

Dependencies

None.

License

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

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net10.0
- No dependencies.

NuGet packages

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GitHub repositories

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
2.0.0	96	7/4/2026

See https://github.com/StephenElmer/starthrower-utilities/releases