AlphaFS v2.2

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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

New Features

• Issue #422: Add Copy-FileWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating file copy with progress report.
• Issue #423: Add Copy-DirectoryWithProgress.ps1 demonstrating directory copy with progress report.
  Improved Enumerate-FileSystemEntryInfos.ps1 demonstrating DirectoryEnumerationFilters.

• 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.

See CHANGELOG for more improvements and breaking changes.