How can I sanitize a string for use as a filename?

Question

I\'ve got a routine that converts a file into a different format and saves it. The original datafiles were numbered, but my routine gives the output a filename based on an

Answer 1

I did this:

// Initialized elsewhere...
string folder;
string name;
var prepl = System.IO.Path.GetInvalidPathChars();
var frepl = System.IO.Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars();
foreach (var c in prepl)
{
    folder = folder.Replace(c,'_');
    name = name.Replace(c, '_');
}
foreach (var c in frepl)
{
    folder = folder.Replace(c, '_');
    name = name.Replace(c, '_');
}