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PathGetDirectoryName Method (String, Boolean)
[AlphaFS] Returns the directory information for the specified path string.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public static string GetDirectoryName(
	string path,
	bool checkInvalidPathChars
)

Parameters

path
Type: SystemString
The path of a file or directory.
checkInvalidPathChars
Type: SystemBoolean
will check path for invalid path characters.

Return Value

Type: String
Directory information for path, or if path denotes a root directory or is . Returns Empty if path does not contain directory information.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptionThe path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
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