C# : Parsing information out of a path

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Published on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:44:19 GMT Indexed on 2010/04/20 21:54 UTC
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If you have a path for example: \\MyServer\MyFolderA\MyFolderB\MyFile.jpg and you need to parse out the filename, directory name or the directory parent name. You should use the fileinfo class instead of a regex expression or a string split. See the example code below:

 

Code Snippet

1. using System;
2. using System.IO;
3.  
4. class Test
5. {
6.     static void Main(string[] args)
7.     {
8.         string file = @"\\MyServer\MyFolderA\MyFolderB\MyFile.jpg";
9.         FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(file);
10.         Console.WriteLine(fi.Name);                  // Prints File.jpg
11.         Console.WriteLine(fi.Directory.Name);        // Prints FolderB
12.         Console.WriteLine(fi.Directory.Parent.Name); // Prints FolderA
13.     }
14. }

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