Path.GetDirectoryName Method (String, Boolean)

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
)

Public Shared Function GetDirectoryName ( 
	path As String,
	checkInvalidPathChars As Boolean
) As String

public:
static String^ GetDirectoryName(
	String^ path, 
	bool checkInvalidPathChars
)

static member GetDirectoryName : 
        path : string * 
        checkInvalidPathChars : bool -> string

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

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.

Reference

Path Class

GetDirectoryName Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace