How can I obtain the case-sensitive path on Windows?

Question

I need to know which is the real path of a given path.

For example:

The real path is: d:\\src\\File.txt
And the user give me: D:\\src\\file.txt
I nee

Answer 1

As an old-timer, I always used FindFirstFile for this purpose. The .Net translation is:

Directory.GetFiles(Path.GetDirectoryName(userSuppliedName), Path.GetFileName(userSuppliedName)).FirstOrDefault();

This only gets you the correct casing for the filename portion of the path, not then entire path.

JeffreyLWhitledge's comment provides a link to a recursive version that can work (though not always) to resolve the full path.