removing till last slash in path

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Hi i have run time path,,, like
@"D:\ToZipFolder";
@"D:\abc\ToZipFolder";
@"D:\xyz\abc";
@"D:\xyz\abc\a\folder";

so i need

@"D:
@"D:\abc
@"D:\xyz
@"D:\xyz\abc\a

How can i do that,,?

Posted 5-Sep-12 1:59am

Ali_100

Updated 12-May-21 20:18pm

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ZurdoDev 5-Sep-12 8:06am

What language? C#? Use the improve question link to add some information.

Ali_100 5-Sep-12 8:17am

Yes C#

[no name] 5-Sep-12 8:21am

string helloOriginal = "Hello! World!";
string newString = helloOriginal.Substring(0,helloOriginal.LastIndexOf('!'));

3 solutions

Solution 3

//Delete Last Directory from path
new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(Path).Delete(true);

Posted 12-May-21 20:18pm

kuldeep03091988

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CHill60 13-May-21 3:44am

OP wanted to remove the last folder from a path variable NOT delete the actual directory

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Kuthuparakkal · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-05T02:22:00

Solution 2

C#

string path = @"D:\abc\ToZipFolder";
string newpath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(path);

newpath is :
D:\abc

Posted 5-Sep-12 2:22am

Kuthuparakkal

Updated 5-Sep-12 2:23am

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-05T02:17:00

Solution 1

Try:

C#

string src = @"D:\xyz\abc\a\folder";
string dest = src.Substring(0, src.LastIndexOf('\\'));

Posted 5-Sep-12 2:17am

OriginalGriff

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Kuthuparakkal 5-Sep-12 8:26am

will not work always:
if src is @"D:\xyz\abc\a\folder\" will return @"D:\xyz\abc\a\folder"
and if src is @"D:\xyz\abc\a\folder" will return @"D:\xyz\abc\a"