How to get the Directories from the filepath excluding the root and filename

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Hello,

I have a filepath say "C:\hello\hi\dotnet\abc.txt". I just want the directories from the path.

Expected Output :
hello
hi
dotnet

I have used Path.DirectorySeparatorChar but it doesn't work.So help me out to solve this problem.

Thanks
Stone Cold

Posted 13-Oct-11 4:04am

Ston Cold

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Use Split and exclude the 0 and the last entry

C#

string[] dirs = pathname.Split('\\');
//dirs[1] will contain hello etc

Posted 13-Oct-11 4:14am

Mehdi Gholam

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Simon Bang Terkildsen 14-Oct-11 18:32pm

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-13T11:44:00

You may also use the System.IO.FileInfo[^] class. You can then access the directory part of the path using FileInfo.DirectoryName [^].

You can access the FileInfo.Directory[^] which returns a DriveInfo object - use the DirectoryInfo.Name[^] to get the name of the directory, then use DirectoryInfo.Parent[^] to access the parent directory. Repeat until you you have reached the root directory of the drive - i.e. Parent returns null.

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