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

public static bool IsSubpathOf(string rootPath, string subpath)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(rootPath))
        throw new ArgumentNullException("rootPath");
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(subpath))
        throw new ArgumentNulLException("subpath");
    Contract.EndContractBlock();

    return subath.StartsWith(rootPath, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
}