Get full path without filename from path that includes filename

Is there anything built into System.IO.Path that gives me just the filepath?

For example, if I have a string

@"c:\webserver\public\myCompany\configs\promo.xml",

is there any BCL method that will give me

"c:\webserver\public\myCompany\configs\"?

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6 Answers

Path.GetDirectoryName()... but you need to know that the path you are passing to it does contain a file name; it simply removes the final bit from the path, whether it is a file name or directory name (it actually has no idea which).

You could validate first by testing File.Exists() and/or Directory.Exists() on your path first to see if you need to call Path.GetDirectoryName

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Console.WriteLine(Path.GetDirectoryName(@"C:\hello\my\dear\world.hm")); 

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Path.GetDirectoryName() returns the directory name, so for what you want (with the trailing reverse solidus character) you could call Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath) + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.

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 string fileAndPath = @"c:\webserver\public\myCompany\configs\promo.xml"; string currentDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileAndPath); string fullPathOnly = Path.GetFullPath(currentDirectory);

currentDirectory: c:\webserver\public\myCompany\configs

fullPathOnly: c:\webserver\public\myCompany\configs

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Use GetParent() as shown, works nicely. Add error checking as you need.

var fn = openFileDialogSapTable.FileName;
var currentPath = Path.GetFullPath( fn );
currentPath = Directory.GetParent(currentPath).FullName;

I used this and it works well:

string[] filePaths = Directory.GetFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(dialog.FileName));
foreach (string file in filePaths)
{ if (comboBox1.SelectedItem.ToString() == "") { if (file.Contains("c")) { comboBox2.Items.Add(Path.GetFileName(file)); } }
}

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