How to read an IIS 6 Website's Directory Structure using WMI?

Question

I need to read a website's folders using WMI and C# in IIS 6.0. I am able to read the Virtual directories and applications using the "IISWebVirtualDirSetting" class. However the physical folders located inside a website cannot be read using this class.

And for my case i need to read sub folders located within a website and later on set permission on them. For my requirement i dont need to work on Virtual Directories/Web Service Applications (which can be easily obtained using the code below..).

I have tried to use IISWebDirectory class but it has been useful.

Here is the code that reads IIS Virtual Directories...

public static ArrayList RetrieveVirtualDirList(String ServerName, String WebsiteName)
{
    ConnectionOptions options = SetUpAuthorization();
    ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(string.Format(@"\\{0}\root\MicrosoftIISV2", ServerName), options);
    scope.Connect();
    String SiteId = GetSiteIDFromSiteName(ServerName, WebsiteName);
    ObjectQuery OQuery = new ObjectQuery(@"SELECT * FROM IISWebVirtualDirSetting");
    //ObjectQuery OQuery = new ObjectQuery(@"SELECT * FROM IIsSetting");

    ManagementObjectSearcher WebSiteFinder = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, OQuery);
    ArrayList WebSiteListArray = new ArrayList();
    ManagementObjectCollection WebSitesCollection = WebSiteFinder.Get();
    String WebSiteName = String.Empty;
    foreach (ManagementObject WebSite in WebSitesCollection)
    {
        WebSiteName = WebSite.Properties["Name"].Value.ToString();
        WebsiteName = WebSiteName.Replace("W3SVC/", "");
        String extrctedSiteId = WebsiteName.Substring(0, WebsiteName.IndexOf('/'));
        String temp = WebsiteName.Substring(0, WebsiteName.IndexOf('/') + 1);
        String VirtualDirName = WebsiteName.Substring(temp.Length);
        WebsiteName = WebsiteName.Replace(SiteId, "");
        if (extrctedSiteId.Equals(SiteId))
        //if (true)
        {
            WebSiteListArray.Add(VirtualDirName );
            //WebSiteListArray.Add(WebSiteName);
            //+ "|" + WebSite.Properties["Path"].Value.ToString()
        }
    }
    return WebSiteListArray;
}

P.S:

I need to programmatically get the sub folders of an already deployed site(s) using WMI and C# in an ASP. Net Application. I need to find out the sub folders of existing websites in a local or remote IIS 6.0 Web Server. So i require a programmatic solution. Precisely if i am pointed at the right class (like IISWebVirtualDirSetting etc ) that i may use for retrieving the list of physical folders within a website then it will be quite helpful.

I am not working in Powershell and i don't really need a solution that involves powershell or vbscripts.

Any alternative programmatic way of doing the same in C#/ASP.Net will also be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Have you looked at the Web Deployment Tool?

http://www.iis.net/expand/WebDeploy

Ability to package ACLs, COM, GAC and registry settings.

Answer 2

Never mind. i got it myself. If the directory structure is on local system the System.IO.DirectoryInfo is what is needed. Using remoting the same can be used for remote server as well.

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.directoryinfo.aspx

If WMi has to be there then Win32_Directory is the class which should used in query:

"Select * from Win32_directory where drive ='"+ DriveLetter +":' and Path ='%" + MyPath + "%'";

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394130(VS.85).aspx