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Key Members of the System IO Namespace

Nonabstract I/O  Class Type                   Meaning BinaryReader BinaryWriter                                 store and retrieve primitive data types (integers, Booleans, strings, and whatnot) as a binary value. BufferedStream                               temporary storage for a stream of bytes that may be committed to storage. Directory DirectoryInfo                                used to manipulate a directory structure.  DriveInfo                                    provides information for the drives. File FileInfo                                     manipulate files.  FileStream                                   for random file access. FileSystemWatcher                            monitor the modification of a given external file. MemoryStream                                 random access to streamed data stored in memory. Path                                         performs operations on path information. StreamWriter StreamReader                                 store and retrieve textual information to or from a file.  StringWriter StringReader                                 underlying storage is a string buffer rather than a physical file.