Path.GetDirectoryName Method (String)

PathGetDirectoryName Method (String)

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
)

Public Shared Function GetDirectoryName ( 
	path As String
) As String

public:
static String^ GetDirectoryName(
	String^ path
)

static member GetDirectoryName : 
        path : string -> string

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.