Path without filename in Asp.net using file upload control

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Hi all,

Can anyone help me to find full path without filename?

i have one file upload control on aspx page.
By selecting one file using that, i need to get path of that file without file name
how to get this?

Posted 26-Feb-13 0:53am

Sweetynewb

Updated 8-Aug-19 20:34pm

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Noor Ahmad Feroozi · Answer 1 · 2013-02-26T00:57:00

Solution 1

Use

C#

Server.MapPath(FileUpload1.FileName);

to get full path.

Example:

C#

string filePath = Server.MapPath(FileUpload1.FileName);

Posted 26-Feb-13 0:57am

Noor Ahmad Feroozi

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Ankur^\m/ 26-Feb-13 7:02am

That will give the server mapped path where the file is saved. I guess he is looking for client's path.

S. M. Ahasan Habib · Answer 2 · 2013-02-26T01:02:00

Solution 2

just use this code

C#

string fileFullName = @"G:\MailData\a\b\data.txt";
or string fileFullName = Server.MapPath("data.txt");//consider it is in root directory of web folder.
string pathWithoutFileName = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(fileFullName);

it will return only path(without filename) G:\MailData\a\b or web root directory phisical path without filename.

Posted 26-Feb-13 1:02am

S. M. Ahasan Habib

Updated 26-Feb-13 1:06am

v3

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Sweetynewb 26-Feb-13 7:17am

yes i tried this but i can not use server.mappath()
It gives wrong path, i mean i want client path

Ankur^\m/ · Answer 3 · 2013-02-26T01:05:00

Solution 3

Are you looking for the path on client's system? If yes, that is not possible. The modern browsers do not return the path details for obvious security reasons. The path exposes the directory structure of a client's system.
Basically the server never need to know the complete path. All it needs is the file name.

So why do you need a client's path? Do you have an intranet web application you are working on?

Posted 26-Feb-13 1:05am

Ankur^\m/

Updated 26-Feb-13 1:08am

v2

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Sweetynewb 26-Feb-13 7:21am

i want to upload multiple files on server so i want to find folder from which i can upload multiple files.
Please help me to find out path an no. of files in that folder

Ankur^\m/ 26-Feb-13 7:43am

Is it not the clients that will upload the files? Why do you need the folder? Fileupload controls takes file name as an input and not foldername. It won't upload all files in a folder.

fjdiewornncalwe 26-Feb-13 9:00am

You can't do that because a browser does not have permission to do this type of IO interaction with the system without elevated privileges.

ali_heidari_ · Answer 4 · 2013-02-26T11:21:00

Solution 4

here you can get just path not name !

C#

string[] Dir = FileUpload1.FileName.Split('\\');
string Path="";
for (int i = 0; i < Dir.Length; i++)
    Path += Dir[i] + "\\";

after this you can use Path !

Posted 26-Feb-13 11:21am

ali_heidari_