Given full path, check if path is subdirectory of some other path, or otherwise

Question

I have 2 strings - dir1 and dir2, and I need to check if one is sub-directory for other. I tried to go with Contains method:

dir1.contains(dir2);
         


        

Answer 1

In my case the path and possible subpath do not contains '..' and never end in '\':

private static bool IsSubpathOf(string path, string subpath)
{
    return (subpath.Equals(path, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ||
            subpath.StartsWith(path + @"\", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
}