How do I get the directory from a file s full path

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What is the simplest way to get the directory that a file is in  I m using this to set a working directory   string filename     C  MyDirectory MyFile bat     In this example  I should get  C  MyDirectory

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In my case  I needed to find the directory name of a full path  of a directory  so I simply did   var dirName   path Split       Last

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Path GetDirectoryName Context Parameters  assemblypath

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Use below mentioned code to get the folder path  Path GetDirectoryName filename     This will return  C  MyDirectory  in your case

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string path    quot C  Users username Desktop FolderName quot    string Dirctory   new FileInfo path  Name ToString      output FolderName

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If you are working with a FileInfo object  then there is an easy way to extract a string representation of the directory s full path via the DirectoryName property    Description of the FileInfo DirectoryName Property via MSDN      Gets a string representing the directory s full path    Sample usage   string filename     C  MyDirectory MyFile bat   FileInfo fileInfo   new FileInfo filename   string directoryFullPath   fileInfo DirectoryName     contains  C  MyDirectory    Link to the MSDN documentation

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You can use Path GetFullPath for most of the case  But if you want to get the path also in the case of the file name is relatively located then you can use the below generic method   string GetPath string filePath      return Path GetDirectoryName Path GetFullPath filePath       For example   GetPath  C  Temp Filename txt   return  C  Temp    GetPath  Filename txt   return current working directory like  C  Temp

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You can get the current Application Path using   string AssemblyPath   Path GetDirectoryName System Reflection Assembly GetExecutingAssembly   Location  ToString      Good Luck

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You can use Path GetDirectoryName and just pass in the filename   MSDN Link

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System IO Path GetDirectoryName filename

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First  you have to use System IO namespace  Then   string filename     C  MyDirectory MyFile bat   string newPath   Path GetFullPath fileName     or  string newPath   Path GetFullPath openFileDialog1 FileName

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If you ve definitely got an absolute path  use Path GetDirectoryName path    If you might only get a relative name  use new FileInfo path  Directory FullName   Note that Path and FileInfo are both found in the namespace System IO

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Path GetDirectoryName filename

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You can use System IO Path GetDirectoryName fileName   or turn the path into a FileInfo using FileInfo Directory  If you re doing other things with the path  the FileInfo class may have advantages

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