get directory from full path

Question

If i have:

C:\\temp\\foo\\bar\\

(NOTE: bar is a directory)

how can i parse out:

bar

Answer 1

string dirname = new DirectoryInfo(path).Name;  
Console.WriteLine(dirname);   

Answer 2

I figured it out.

DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDirectory_);
string currentDirectoryName = info.Name;

Answer 3

Try

System.IO.Path.GetFileName("C:\\temp\\foo\\bar");

Answer 4

In Unix this is known as the basename, a quick google came up with this link for a C# version. I'm sure there are others ...

Answer 5

The simplest way to do this without creating a new DirectoryInfo instance is to use the Path.GetFileName static method. This is located in System.IO.

using System.IO;

string lastFolderName = Path.GetFileName(@"C:\Folder1\Folder2");

The variable would be set to "Folder2".

This is quite a bit more efficient that creating a new instance of the DirectoryInfo class!

Answer 6

if the answers above do not satisfy your needs, why not just substring the string from the last .

string dirName = originalDirName.Substring(originalDirName.LastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

sure, you should do some checking if the originalDirName does not end on a \ and if the originalDirName is longer than zero and actually contains \ characters.