How does one extract each folder name from a path?

Question

My path is \\\\server\\folderName1\\another name\\something\\another folder\\

How do I extract each folder name into a string if I don\'t know how many

Answer 1

Here's a modification of Wolf's answer that leaves out the root and fixes what seemed to be a couple of bugs. I used it to generate a breadcrumbs and I didn't want the root showing.

this is an extension of the DirectoryInfo type.

public static List PathParts(this DirectoryInfo source, string rootPath)
{
  if (source == null) return null;
  DirectoryInfo root = new DirectoryInfo(rootPath);
  var pathParts = new List();
  var di = source;

  while (di != null && di.FullName != root.FullName)
  {
    pathParts.Add(di);
    di = di.Parent;
  }

  pathParts.Reverse();
  return pathParts;
}