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Hi, can someone hlep me to reverse the below logic so that I'm selecting the chars after the final \\. For example in this string C:\inetpub\TESTAPP I want to get the substring TESTAPP as it is after the last instance of the \.

Here's the code I'm using at present which is returning 'inetpub':
C#
string dirpath = @"" + dir;
//Specs wants this to contain the name of the parent directory.
String ss = String.Empty;

int i = dir.LastIndexOf("\\");
ss = dir.Remove(i);
ss = ss.Substring(ss.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

string compressedDirpath = @"" + dir + "\\" + ss + ".gz";
string[] argd = { dirpath, compressedDirpath };
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Updated 8-Oct-13 23:52pm
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Hey there,

Try this to get TESTAPP:
C#
string dirpath = @"" + dir;
//Specs wants this to contain the name of the parent directory.
String ss = String.Empty;
 
ss = dir.Substring(dir.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);
 
string compressedDirpath = @"" + dir + "\\" + ss + ".gz";
string[] argd = { dirpath, compressedDirpath };

I do not understand why you were doing dir.Remove(i), but it was causing the problem.

Hope it helps.

Azee...
 
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Bernhard Hiller 9-Oct-13 8:33am    
Better take a look at System.IO.Path, e.g. GetFilename and Combine methods.

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