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Version 2.3 (2018-XX-XX)

New Features

  • Issue #451: Add overloaded method for File.GetSize to retrieve the size of all streams.
  • Issue #454: Add method Directory.GetSize to return the size of all alternate data streams of the specified directory and its files.
  • Issue #464: Add overloaded methods for Directory.Copy/Move supporting DirectoryEnumerationFilters.
  • Issue #465: Add overloaded methods for File.Copy/Move supporting retry.
  • Issue #466: Add properties ErrorRetry and ErrorRetryTimeout to DirectoryEnumerationFilters class.
  • Issue #467: Add property CopyOptions.CopyTimestamp.

Improvements

  • Issue #426: Correct casing of enum STREAM_ATTRIBUTES
  • Issue #459: Modify method Directory.CreateDirectoryCore to return null as well as DirectoryInfo instance.
  • Issue #461: Remove text :$DATA from AlternateDataStream.FullPath property.
  • Issue #462: Add IEquatable<T> to applicable info classes.
  • Issue #463: Add [Serializable] attribute to applicable info classes.
  • Issue #470: Change AlphaFS implementations of method DirectoryInfo.Create to return DirectoryInfo instance instead of void.
  • Issue #471: Add overloaded method Directory.CountFileSystemObjects supporting DirectoryEnumerationFilters.
  • Issue #472: Add method DirectoryInfo.ExistsJunction.
  • Issue #473: Change AlphaFS implementations of method File.Copy to return CopyMoveResult instance instead of void.
  • Issue #475: Prevent File.SetFsoDateTimeCore from throwing UnauthorizedAccessException.
  • Issue #477: Move method Path.GetMappedConnectionName to Host class.
  • Issue #478: Move method Path.GetMappedUncName to Host class.
  • Added missing overloaded methods regarding timestamps and symbolic links.
  • Marked Directory.Copy/DirectoryInfo.Copy methods using parameters overwrite and preserveDates as obsolete. Use one of the CopyOptions.
  • Fixed a Directory.Move unit test creating endless drive mappings on error.
  • Issue #504: Move to Cake build system.
  • Issue #502: Upgrade to MSTest v2.
  • Issue #501: Documentation generated using DocFX.
  • Issue #482: AlphaFS .NET Core compatibility (netstandard 2.0 support added)

Breaking Changes

  • Issue #426: Correct casing of enum STREAM_ATTRIBUTES
  • Issue #461: Remove text :$DATA from AlternateDataStream.FullPath property.
  • Issue #477: Move method Path.GetMappedConnectionName to Host class.
  • Issue #478: Move method Path.GetMappedUncName to Host class.
  • Issue #500: Drop support for .NET framework versions prior to .NET 4.5

Version 2.2.6 (2018-08-18)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #488: Path.CheckInvalidPathChars in Path.Helpers.cs should be case insensitive (Thx GuyTe)
  • Issue #489: File.Copy fails with DirectoryNotFoundException on long path (Thx CyberSinh)

Improvements

  • Issue #487: Ensure replace is done case-insensitive (Thx Genbox)

Version 2.2.5 (2018-07-27)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #479: File.Move on a file opened with FileShare.Delete succeeds but throws IOException. (Thx oguimbal)
  • Issue #480: Directory.Delete(, true, true) occasionally throws DirectoryNotEmptyException.

Version 2.2.4 (2018-07-12)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #468: Method Directory.CopyTimestamps should throw DirectoryNotFoundException.
  • Issue #469: Method Directory.GetFileIdInfo should throw DirectoryNotFoundException.
  • Issue #474: Method Directory.EnumerateAlternateDataStreams should throw DirectoryNotFoundException.
  • Issue #476: Method Directory.GetChangeTime should throw DirectoryNotFoundException.

Version 2.2.3 (2018-06-14)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #456: Methods Directory/File.Copy throw DeviceNotReadyException when using GLOBALROOT source path. (Thx VladimirK69)
  • Issue #457: FileInfo.Exists is true when instance is created from a directory path.
  • Issue #458: Directory.Copy sometimes does not create the file's parent folder, throwing System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException.

Improvements

  • Added unit tests for GLOBALROOT source path so that it can never happen again!

Version 2.2.2 (2018-06-05)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #434: Directory.Move operation worked in v2.0.1, but now fails in v.2.2.1 (Thx warrenlbrown)
  • Issue #436: Directory.GetFiles() with relative path (Thx stellarbear)
  • Issue #437: Fixed PathTooLongException for boundary case of directory name length in Path.NormalizePath (Thx okrushelnitsky)
  • Issue #441: InvalidOperationException on Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries() (Thx CyberSinh)
  • Issue #444: Exception when moving or renaming a folder after updating from 2.1.3 to 2.2.1 (Thx mlaily)

Improvements

  • Issue #149: Split unit-tests.
  • Fixed all Sandcastle Help File Builder warnings.
  • Because of bug fixes, the correct source-/destination folder is now shown in exceptions thrown from Directory/File.Copy/Move methods, instead of always showing the source folder path.
  • Improved some unit tests that would fail when a removable drive is already removed but there's still a cached reference.

Version 2.2.1 (2018-04-05)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #433: Directory.ExistsDriveOrFolderOrFile fails on global root path, so a simple file copy from a shadow copy fails with "device GLOBALROOT not ready" (Thx CyberSinh)

Version 2.2 (2018-03-25)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #268: There are multiple warnings when building the documentation.
  • Issue #286: Property FileSystemEntryInfo.AlternateFileName is always an empty string.
  • Issue #292: CopyOptions.CopySymbolicLink not working in 2.1.2 (Thx v2kiran)
  • Issue #325: DeleteEmptySubdirectories (with recursive=true) throws System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException (Thx kryvoplias)
  • Issue #328: Several instances of ArgumentException.ParamName not set/used correctly (Thx elgonzo)
  • Issue #330: Correct the parameter order for Privilege class constructors using the ArgumentNullException.
  • Issue #339: Directory/File.Encrypt/Decrypt should restore read-only attribute.
  • Issue #340: DirectoryReadOnlyException inherits from System.IO.IOException, wrong?
  • Issue #344: Directory.Copy throws UnauthorizedAccessException "The target file is a directory, not a file", while it is a file.
  • Issue #349: File.GetFileSystemEntryInfoCore should throw Directory/FileNotFoundException, depending on isFolder argument.
  • Issue #369: Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntryInfos does not return subdirectories with spaces as name. (Thx Lupinho)
  • Issue #371: Fix .gitignore to accommodate new directory structure in AlphaFS.UnitTest project. (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #372: SetFsoDateTimeCore should always use BackupSemantics. (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #374: Initializing DriveInfo instance with only a letter throws System.ArgumentException.
  • Issue #375: What is the expected result of Path.LocalToUnc() ? (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #376: Path.LocalToUnc(path, true) does not return UNC path in long path form. (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #379: Path.LocalToUnc() isn't handling trailing directory separators for mapped drives. (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #381: Change property ByHandleFileInfo.VolumeSerialNumber from int to long.
  • Issue #386: Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() returns invalid data.
  • Issue #400: Directory.CopyDeleteCore creates destination folder when source folder does not exist.
  • Issue #412: Method Volume.GetVolumeDeviceName returns wrong result.
  • Issue #417: Using a file opened in append mode will fail after a gc occurs (Thx elgonzo)
  • Issue #417: File.OpenRead method overloads do not use FileShare.Read (Thx elgonzo)
  • Issue #427: System.IO.FileSystemInfo.Refresh() is public; but AlphaFS FileSystemInfo.Refresh() is protected (Thx elgonzo)

New Features

  • Issue #212: Provide a way to retrieve errors when you choose to ContinueOnException
  • Issue #314: Added Feature: Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #322: Search files/folders using multiple filters. (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #336: Implement methods for Directory class: CreateJunction, DeleteJunction and ExistsJunction.
  • Issue #338: Add convenience method Directory.IsEmpty
  • Issue #342: Add instance method: FileInfo.IsLocked()
  • Issue #343: Add method File.GetProcessForFileLock
  • Issue #347: Implement method Directory.CreateSymbolicLink
  • Issue #348: Implement method Directory.GetLinkTargetInfo
  • Issue #351: Enable copying of Directory symbolic links.
  • Issue #353: Modify method Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo to return FileSystemEntryInfo structure for directories supporting also root directories, e.g., C:\ (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #354: Add methods File.GetFileId and Directory.GetFileId to return a unique file identifier. (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #370: Relative path from a full path (Thx QbProg)
  • Issue #373: Improve method Directory.CreateDirectory to allow creating a folder consisting only of spaces.
  • Issue #414: Add additional Network.Host methods.
  • Issue #415: Added ProcessContext static class to determine the context of the current process.
  • Issue #422: Add Copy-FileWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating file copy with progress report.
  • Issue #423: Add Copy-DirectoryWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating directory copy with progress report.

Improvements

  • Issue #273: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Make code recursive-aware, skip additional path checks and validations.
  • Issue #274: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Improve detection of same volume.
  • Issue #275: Improve methods Directory/File.CopyMoveCore: Eliminate recursion.
  • Issue #277: Directory.DeleteDirectoryCore(): Eliminate recursion.
  • Issue #278: Directory.DeleteEmptySubdirectoriesCore(): Eliminate recursion.
  • Issue #303: Path.Constants.cs: Don't use CurrentCulture (Thx HugoRoss)
  • Issue #306: Include ShareInfoLevel.Info502 and set as a fallback in GetShareInfoCore() (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #326: Add parameter bool preserveDates and created overloaded Directory.Copy methods to support this.
  • Issue #331: Rename method File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to CopyTimestamps.
  • Issue #335: Add overloaded methods to File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to apply to ReparsePoint.
  • Issue #341: Improve usage of method NativeError.ThrowException and Marshal.GetLastWin32Error
  • Issue #345: AlreadyExistsException should only throw message from 1 error.
  • Issue #350: Add overloaded methods Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo
  • Issue #352: Ignore NonInterpretedPathPrefix in methods: Path.GetFullPathCore and Path.GetLongPathCore (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #355: Methods throwing an IOException due to error code 17 (ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE) now throw a specific exception (NotSameDeviceException)
  • Issue #357: Added new Windows 10 property: DirectAccess (Win32 FILE_DAX_VOLUME) to VolumeInfo class.
  • Issue #360: Add overloaded Directory.EnumerateDirectories methods that support DirectoryEnumerationFilters. (Thx SignFinder)
  • Issue #364: Avoid unnecessary allocations from Random construction in FileSystemInfo (Thx danmosemsft)
  • Issue #377: Rename enum member: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer to: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer2016
  • Issue #378: DiskSpaceInfo should respect CultureInfo.CurrentCulture for number formatting.
  • Issue #385: Correct applied fileSystemRights operator in method File.Create().
  • Issue #387: Replace handle.IsInvalid checks with a call to method NativeMethods.IsValidHandle().
  • Issue #388: Change method Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() return type from string to DriveInfo.
  • Issue #394: Improve percentage output of properties DiskSpaceInfo- AvailableFreeSpacePercent and UsedSpacePercent
  • Issue #401: CreateDirectory ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED reports parent folder.
  • Issue #402: Remove long path prefix from NativeError.ThrowException messages with paths.
  • Issue #408: Add FileSystemEntryInfo.Extension string property.
  • Issue #416: Rename property DeviceInfo.Class to DeviceInfo.DeviceClass

Breaking Changes

  • Issue #331: Rename method File/Directory.TransferTimestamps to CopyTimestamps. Currently non-breaking, the old methods are still there.
  • Issue #340: DirectoryReadOnlyException inherits from System.IO.IOException, wrong?
  • Issue #350: Add overloaded methods Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo. Current code to retrieve a directory using File.GetFileSystemEntryInfo will now fail. Use Directory.GetFileSystemEntryInfo instead.
  • Issue #377: Rename enum member: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer to: OperatingSystem.EnumOsName.WindowsServer2016
  • Issue #381: Change property ByHandleFileInfo.VolumeSerialNumber from int to long.
  • Issue #388: Change method Network.Host.EnumerateDrives() return type from string to DriveInfo.
  • Issue #391: Mark AlphaFS enumerating methods that use both searchPattern and DirectoryEnumerationFilters as obsolete.
  • Issue #416: Rename property DeviceInfo.Class to DeviceInfo.DeviceClass

Version 2.1.3 (2017-06-05)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #288: Directory.Exists on root drive problem has come back with recent updates (Thx warrenlbrown)
  • Issue #289: Alphaleonis.Win32.Network.Host.GetShareInfo doesn't work since 2.1.0 (Thx Schoolmonkey/damiarnold)
  • Issue #296: Folder rename (casing) throws IOException with HResult ERROR_SAME_DRIVE (Thx doormalena)
  • Issue #297: Incorrect domain returned from Host.EnumerateDomainDfsRoot when specifying domain (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #299: FileInfo.MoveTo and DirectoryInfo.MoveTo throw ArgumentNullException on empty destination path (Thx doormalena)
  • Issue #312: Volume.EnumerateVolumes skips first volume (Thx springy76)
  • Issue #313: GetHostShareFromPath() fails with spaces in share name (Thx damiarnold)
  • Issue #320: Minor changes in comments in Win32Errors.cs to eliminate compiler warnings. (Thx besoft)
  • Issue #321: DirectoryInfo.CopyToMoveToCore() calls Path.GetExtendedLengthPathCore() without Transaction parameter.

Version 2.1.2 (2016-10-30)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #270: Method File.GetFileSystemEntryInfoCore uses wildcard ? (questionmark) instead of * (asterisk)
  • Issue #276: Directory.DeleteDirectory(): Method can get stuck in infinite loop.
  • Issue #279: The unit tests for CRC32/64 are failing.

Version 2.1 (2016-09-29)

New Features/Enhancements

  • Issue #3: Added methods for backing up and restoring encrypted files:
    • File.ImportEncryptedFileRaw
    • File.ExportEncryptedFileRaw
    • Directory.ImportEncryptedDirectoryRaw
    • Directory.ExportEncryptedDirectoryRaw
  • Issue #2 : Unit tests for methods: File.OpenRead(), File.OpenText() and File.Replace() are missing.
  • Issue #101: The release now also contains a build targetting .NET 4.5.2.
  • Issue #109: Add overloaded methods for Host.EnumerateShares().
  • Issue #112: Add CreationTimeUtc, LastAccessTimeUtc and LastWriteTimeUtc to "Info" classes.
  • Issue #119: Fix Path.IsLocalPath() issues.
  • Issue #125: AlphaFS is now CLSCompliant.
  • Issue #127: Modify method Volume.QueryDosDevice() so that is doesn't rely on Path.IsLocalPath() anymore.
  • Issue #130: Modify method Path.LocalToUnc() so that is doesn't rely on Path.IsLocalPath() anymore.
  • Issue #131: Modify method Path.GetPathRoot() to handle UNC paths in long path format.
  • Issue #132: Modify method VolumeInfo() constructor to better handle input paths.
  • Issue #133: Add missing unit test Host.GetHostShareFromPath().
  • Issue #134: Improved upon FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() when throwing Directory-/FileNotFoundException().
  • Issue #138: Modify GetShareInfo() to use SafeGlobalMemoryBufferHandle instead of IntPtr.
  • Issue #139: Modify GetDfsInfoInternal() to use SafeGlobalMemoryBufferHandle instead of IntPtr.
  • Issue #141: Remove obsolete Resources (resx) string messages.
  • Issue #142: Move literal strings to Resources (resx).
  • Issue #144: Add DirectoryInfo.EnumerateXxx() methods with support for DirectoryEnumerationOptions enum.
  • Issue #151: Add Directory.EnumerateXxx() methods with support for DirectoryEnumerationOptions- and PathFormat enum.
  • Issue #154: Modify private method FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() to report the full path on Exception.
  • Issue #146: Add method DirectoryInfo.EnumerateAlternateDataStreams().
  • Issue #147: Add overloaded methods to set Reparse Point Timestamp. (Thx rstarkov)
  • Issue #150: Enhancement: File.IsLocked()
  • Issue #158: Add SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity attribute to [DllImport] tag.
  • Issue #184: File.CreateSymbolicLink() should throw PlatformNotSupportedException() if OS < Vista.
  • Issue #186: Replace WIN32 API NativeMethods.GetVersionEx() with NativeMethods.RtlGetVersion().
  • Issue #188: Make ShareInfo class property setters private: ShareType, ResourceType.
  • Issue #189: Improve method Utils.UnitSizeToText().
  • Issue #190: Add overloaded methods for File/Directory.Get/SetAccessControl() that accept SafeFileHandle.
  • Issue #191: Make class BackupFileStream sealed.
  • Issue #192: Add null-checks to SafeHandle.IsInvalid usage.
  • Issue #193: Use unicode version of WIN32 API OpenEncryptedFileRaw().
  • Issue #194: Add bitshift for Marshal.GetHRForException(ex) usage.
  • Issue #195: Add useful FileAttributes as properties to FileSystemEntryInfo class.
  • Issue #199: Change FindFileSystemEntryInfo.FindFirstFile() to show actual path instead of inputpath on access error.
  • Issue #214: Howto Get-Filehash.
  • Issue #235: Implement unicode versions of methods: CM_Connect_Machine and CM_Get_Device_ID_Ex.
  • Issue #239: Enable long path support for File.CreateSymbolicLink() source parameter.
  • Issue #240: Add KeepDotOrSpace to GetFullPathOptions enum.
  • Issue #241: Add method Path.GetFullPath() overload that supports GetFullPathOptions enum.
  • Issue #245: Implement CRC-32/64 (Thanks to Damien Guard for implementing his code).
  • Issue #247: Add method FileInfo.GetHash().
  • Issue #251: Implement unicode versions of Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() and Directory.SetCurrentDirectory().
  • Issue #266: Add PowerShell script: Enumerate-FileSystemEntryInfos.ps1

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #50 : Path.GetLongPath() does not prefix on "C:", should it?
  • Issue #60 : Remove all use of "Problematic" methods such as DangerousAddRef and DangerousGetHandle().
  • Issue #160: File.CreateSymbolicLink() creates shortcut with no target. (Thx martin-john-green)
  • Issue #162: File.AppendAllLines() concatenates content into one line. (Thx pavelhritonenko)
  • Issue #166: File.Exists & Directory.Exists fail when path has leading space(s).
  • Issue #168: Error on File.Open() with access-mode Append?
  • Issue #169: DirectoryInfo .ToString() returns path with \\UNC prefix.
  • Issue #176: At DirectoryInfo.GetFileSystemInfos(), Long path prefix of GLOBALROOT path is missing. (Thx diontools)
  • Issue #179: Path.GetFileName() with an empty string throws an exception. (Thx brutaldev)
  • Issue #180: Network connects methods hangs in Windows service when credentials fail. (Thx brutaldev)
  • Issue #181: File.OpenWrite() should create file if it doesn't exist. (Thomas Levesque)
  • Issue #183: Add SafeFileHandle null check for BackupFileStream.Dispose. (Thx diontools)
  • Issue #185: Correct pinvoke signatures of CreateSymbolicLink() and CreateSymbolicLinkTransacted() functions.
  • Issue #196: Replace usage of ExtendedFileAttributes.None with ExtendedFileAttributes.Normal.
  • Issue #197: Fix: Prevent normalization of GlobalRootPrefix paths.
  • Issue #198: Path.GetRegularPathCore() should not normalize \\?\Volume prefix.
  • Issue #201: Some exceptions contain an incorrect HRESULT (Thomas Levesque)
  • Issue #203: Directory.GetDirectories() and Directory.GetFiles() return absolute paths when given relative argument.
  • Issue #204: Giving empty string to Directory.GetFileName() and related methods throws exception.
  • Issue #206: File.GetLastWriteTime() throws exception for non-existing path.
  • Issue #217: File.Replace() raises an exception.
  • Issue #218: Volume.GetVolumeInfo() fails for global root paths.
  • Issue #219: Mismatching Implementation to System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName().
  • Issue #226: DirectoryInfo using searchoption.
  • Issue #232: Enable null for destinationBackupFileName for File.Replace() and FileInfo.Replace().
  • Issue #234: Path.CheckInvalidPathChars breaks IsPathRooted for whitespace strings.
  • Issue #242: File.Open(file, System.IO.FileMode.Append) does not append.
  • Issue #244: File.Copy(src, dst, true) does not respect FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY.
  • Issue #246: Using Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntries() recursively with a relative path may fail.
  • Issue #248: Directory.Move() throws FileNotFoundException instead of DirectoryNotFoundException when source folder doesn't exist.
  • Issue #249: Change File.GetHashCore() .ToString("X2") to .ToString("X2", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).
  • Issue #252: Correct FileSystemEntryInfos.FullPath property when input path is a dot (current directory).
  • Issue #253: Apply Dispose() to method File.GetHashCore().
  • Issue #254: Change File.GetHashCore() output from .ToLowerInvariant() to .ToUpperInvariant().
  • Issue #255: Creating Folder with Empty name. (ardestan)
  • Issue #256: Directory.Move() not working over volumes with MoveOptions.CopyAllowed. (Thx frontier777)
  • Issue #263: Directory.GetDirectories() Method (String, String, SearchOption) with pattern "* " (Thx ardestan)

Breaking Changes

  • Issue #113: Change names of time related properties on FileSystemEntryInfo to conform with FileInfo/DirectoryInfo.
  • Issue #126: Suffix the name of all methods working with TxF with "Transacted".
  • Issue #128: Remove Path.IsLocalPath() in favour of Path.IsUncPath().
  • Issue #140: Replace internal DFS_INFO_4 structure with DFS_INFO_9.
  • Issue #184: File.CreateSymbolicLink() should throw PlatformNotSupportedException() if OS < Vista.
  • Issue #250: Change FileSystemEntryInfo.ToString() to show full path instead of ReparsePointTag.

Version 2.0.1 (2015-02-07)

Bugs Fixed

  • Issue #104: VolumeInfo.Refresh() fails with System.IO.IOException: (234)".
  • Issue #108: Volume.Refresh() should throw DeviceNotReadyException.
  • Issue #110: Directory.GetDirectoryRoot() should throw System.ArgumentException.
  • Issue #117: Fix Path.GetFullPath() issues.
  • Issue #123: When Directory.Encrypt/Decrypt() is non-recursive, only process the folder.
  • Issue #124: Unit tests for long/short path are failing.

Version 2.0 (2015-01-16)

  • New: The public key of AlphaFS.dll has changed, delay-signing is no longer used.
  • New: Unit Tests, also act as code samples.
  • New: Numerous bugfixes, optimizations and (AlphaFS) overloaded methods implementations.
  • New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 File(Info) and Directory(Info) classes.
  • New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 DriveInfo() class and with UNC support.
  • New: Complete implementation of .NET 4.5 Path() class.
  • New: Implemented Unicode aka "Long Path" handling for all Win32 API functions that support it.
  • New: Added support for NuGet.
  • New: Added support for building against .NET 4.0, 4.5, and 4.5.1 in addition to 3.5.
  • New: Supports networking by enumerating hosts and shares (SMB/DFS) and connect/disconnect to/from network resources (AlphaFS.Network.Host() class).
  • New: Supports working with NTFS ADS (Alternate Data Streams) on files and folders (AlphaFS.Filesystem.AlternateDataStreamInfo() class).
  • New: Supports enumerating connected PnP devices (AlphaFS.Filesystem.Device() / AlphaFS.Filesystem.DeviceInfo() classes).
  • New: Supports extracting icons from files and folders (AlphaFS.Filesystem.Shell32Info() class).
  • New: Supports PathFormat parameter for numerous methods to control path normalization. This speeds up things internally (less string processing and GetFullPath() calls) and also enables working with files and folders with a trailing dot or space:
    • RelativePath (slow): (default) Path will be checked and resolved to an absolute path. Unicode prefix is applied.
    • FullPath (fast): Path is an absolute path. Unicode prefix is applied.
    • LongFullPath (fastest): Path is already an absolute path with Unicode prefix. Use as is.
  • Mod: Enabled KernelTransaction parameter for all Win32 API functions that support it.
  • Mod: Added public read only properties to class FileSystemInfo(). Available for: DirectoryInfo() / FileInfo():
    • EntryInfo : Instance of the FileSystemEntryInfo() class.
    • Transaction : Represents the KernelTransaction that was passed to the constructor.
  • Mod: Added more entries to enum ReparsePointTag.
  • Mod: Removed method Directory.CountFiles() and added method Directory.CountFileSystemObjects().
  • Mod: Removed method Directory.GetFullFileSystemEntries() and added method Directory.EnumerateFileSystemEntryInfos().
    • Note: This new method currently does not support DirectoryEnumerationExceptionHandler, this will probably be added in a future release.
  • Mod: Renamed method Directory.GetFileIdBothDirectoryInfo() to Directory.EnumerateFileIdBothDirectoryInfo().
  • Mod: Method Directory.CreateDirectory() signature change: Using template directory. Ability for NTFS-compressed folders added.
  • Mod: Method Directory.GetProperties() signature change.
  • Mod: Renamed method File.GetFileInformationByHandle() to File.GetFileInfoByHandle().
  • Mod: Removed overloaded method File.GetFileInformationByHandle(FileStream).h
  • Mod: Removed overloaded AlphaFS methods File.Move() using MoveFileOptions and CopyProgressRoutine, and added method File.Move().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetDeviceForVolumeName() to Volume.GetVolumeDeviceName().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetDisplayNameForVolume() to Volume.GetVolumeDisplayName().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumeInformation() to Volume.GetVolumeInfo().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumeMountPoints() to Volume.EnumerateVolumeMountPoints().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumePathNamesForVolume() to Volume.EnumerateVolumePathNames().
  • Mod: Renamed method Volume.GetVolumes() to Volume.EnumerateVolumes().
  • Mod: Method Volume.DefineDosDevice() signature change.
  • Mod: Method Volume.QueryDosDevice() signature change.
  • Mod: Method Volume.QueryAllDosDevices() signature change.
  • Mod: Removed method Volume.GetLogicalDrives() in favor of method Directory.GetLogicalDrives().
  • Mod: Class VolumeInfo() constructor signature change.
  • Mod: Class VolumeInfo() properties updated/changed.
  • Mod: Added method Volume.Refresh().
  • Mod: Changed struct DiskSpaceInfo() to class.
  • Mod: Class DiskSpaceInfo() constructor signature change.
  • Mod: Class DiskSpaceInfo() properties added.
  • Mod: Added method DiskSpaceInfo.Refresh().
  • Mod: Refactored Path() class.
  • Mod: Improved upon the correct (.NET) exceptions thrown. Added AlphaFS specific: DirectoryReadOnlyException and FileReadOnlyException.
  • Removed classes PathInfoXxx().
  • Removed method Path.IsValidPath(), was part of PathInfo() class.
  • Removed IllegalPathException.
  • Removed enum DriveType in favor of System.IO.DriveType enum.
  • Removed enum FileAccess in favor of System.IO.FileAccess enum.
  • Removed enum FileAttributes in favor of System.IO.FileAttributes enum.
  • Removed enum FileMode in favor of System.IO.FileMode enum.
  • Removed enum FileOptions in favor of System.IO.FileOptions enum.
  • Removed enum FileShare in favor of System.IO.FileShare enum.
  • Removed enum FileSystemRights in favor of System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemRights enum.
  • Removed enum FileType, obsolete.
  • Removed enum EnumerationExceptionDecision, obsolete.
  • Removed enum IoControlCode.cs, obsolete.
  • Renamed enum CopyProgressResult to CopyMoveProgressResult.
  • Renamed enum MoveFileOptions to MoveOptions.
  • Renamed class DeviceIo to Device.
  • Renamed delegate CopyProgressResult to CopyMoveProgressResult.

Version 1.5 (2014-05-20)

  • New: Various file system objects enumeration methods in Directory class.
  • Numerous bugfixes and optimizations
  • New: more unit tests
  • New: VS 2010 help file format, aka Help Viewer 1, dumped MS HELP 2 format

Version 1.0

  • New: Directory.GetFileIdBothDirectoryInfo, which provides access to the GetFileInformationByHandleEx Win32 API function with the FileInformationClass set to FileIdBothDirectoryInfo.
  • New: Directory.CountFiles
  • Mod: Additional overloads for File.Open method.
  • Mod: FileAttributes.Invalid flag removed.
  • New: Directory.GetProperties method for retrieving aggregated information about files in a directory.
  • New: File.GetFileInformationByHandle added providing information about file index and link count.
  • New: KernelTransaction can now be created from a System.Transaction to participate in the ambient transaction
  • New: File.GetHardlinks providing an enumeration about all hardlinks pointing to the same file.
  • Mod: Many improvements and bug-fixes to Path/PathInfo path-parsing.
  • Mod: More functions for manipulating timestamps on files and directories.
  • Mod: Directory.GetFullFileSystemEntries added to provide more convenient usage of the FileSystemEnumerator.
  • Mod: ... and many more minor changes and fixes.

Version 0.7 alpha

  • New: DirectoryInfo and FileInfo classes added
  • New: PathInfo.GetLongFullPath() and Path.GetLongFullPath() methods added
  • Mod: Path and PathInfo got many bugfixes, and some new functionality was added.
  • Mod: AlphaFS now targets the .NET Framework 2.0 instead of 3.5 previously.
  • Mod: KernelTransaction can now be created from, and participate in a System.Transactions.Transaction.
  • New: BackupFileStream added, in support of the BackupWrite(), BackupRead() and BackupSeek() functions from the Win32 API.
  • Mod: Inheritance structure for several classes was modified, mainly to add MarshalByRefObject to the relevant classes.
  • Mod: FileSystemEntryInfo was changed to a reference type (class) instead of the previous value type (struct).
  • Mod: PathInfo now accepts more types of internal paths, such as \?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy5\ etc.
  • ... and many minor changes and fixes, not mentioned here.

Version 0.3.1

  • New: Added support for hardlinks and symbolic links in File.
  • New: Added Directory.EnableEncryption() and Directory.DisableEncryption()
  • New: Added File.GetCompressedSize()
  • Mod: Applied CLSCompliant(false) to the assembly
  • Mod: Improved error reporting, and cleanup of internal class NativeError.

Version 0.3.0

  • Initial release