File.Create(String, Int32) is an inbuilt File class method which is used to overwrite an existing file, specifying a buffer size else create a new file if the specified file is not existing.
Syntax:
public static System.IO.FileStream Create (string path, int bufferSize);
Parameter: This function accepts two parameters which are illustrated below:
- path: This is the specified file path.
- bufferSize: This is the specified buffer size.
Exceptions:
- UnauthorizedAccessException: The caller does not have the required permission. OR the path specified a file that is read-only. OR the path specified a file that is hidden.
- ArgumentException: The path is a zero-length string, contains only white space, or one or more invalid characters as defined by InvalidPathChars.
- ArgumentNullException: The path is null.
- PathTooLongException: The given path, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length.
- DirectoryNotFoundException: The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive).
- IOException: An I/O error occurred while creating the file.
- NotSupportedException: The path is in an invalid format.
Below are the programs to illustrate the File.Create(String, Int32) method.
Program 1: Initially, no file is created. Below code itself create a new file file.txt with the specified contents.
// C# program to illustrate the usage // of File.Create(String, Int32) method // Using System, System.IO and // System.Text namespaces using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
class GFG {
public static void Main()
{
// Specifying a file path
string file_path = @"file.txt" ;
try {
// Creating a new file with below
// specified contents
using (FileStream fs = File.Create(file_path, 1024))
{
// Adding some info into the file
byte [] info = new UTF8Encoding( true ).GetBytes( "GeeksforGeeks" );
fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length);
}
// Reading the file contents
using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(file_path))
{
string s = "" ;
while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null ) {
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
}
} |
Executing:
mcs -out:main.exe main.cs mono main.exe GeeksforGeeks
After running the above code, above output is shown and a new file file.txt is created with some specified contents shown below:
Program 2: The below shown file file.txt is created before running the below code.
// C# program to illustrate the usage // of File.Create(String) method // Using System, System.IO and // System.Text namespaces using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
class GFG {
public static void Main()
{
// Specifying a file path
string file_path = @"file.txt" ;
try {
// Overwriting the above file contents
using (FileStream fs = File.Create(file_path, 1024))
{
// Adding some info into the file
byte [] info = new UTF8Encoding( true ).GetBytes( "GFG is a CS Portal" );
fs.Write(info, 0, info.Length);
}
// Reading the file contents
using (StreamReader sr = File.OpenText(file_path))
{
string s = "" ;
while ((s = sr.ReadLine()) != null ) {
Console.WriteLine(s);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex) {
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
}
}
} |
Executing:
mcs -out:main.exe main.cs mono main.exe GFG is a CS Portal
After running the above code, the above output is shown, and existing file contents get overwritten.