How to read and write to files in Mono

Question

I am using Mono on Ubuntu 12.10. My application requires reading and writing from a text document and checking if specific files exist. I can't determine whether or not Mono supports this, but the following code causes the application not to run at all.

Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(Application.StartupPath + "\Data\programdata.txt")

Do While objReader.Peek() <> -1

    Form1.ListBox1.Items.Add(objReader.ReadLine())

Loop

EDIT: Resolved, I just forgot to use forward slashes.

Answer 1

Linux uses forward slashes as the path separator, where as I was using the backwards slash on Windows. This caused the application to crash on Mono for Linux. When changed to the forward slash, the application ran fine.