"supster" <prelugejunk@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
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> EDIT: I no longer need only specific file types in a directory, just
> the total number of files!
>
> Is there a more efficient way other than this:
>
> string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(path);
> count = files.length;
>
>
> It seems like such a waste to have to create a full array of strings,
> specially when the folder may contain thousands of files.
>
> Thanks
>