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

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!