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

Just use:

string dirname = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\temp\foo\bar\").Name;      

According to MSDN this returns the name of the directory, not the full path.

Link to MSDN Library

Hope this helps.........

Answer 2

I can think of 4 ways instantly

1

• If the string ends with a slash remove it
• Use Path.GetFilename (or numerous other System.IO methods)

2

• Split the string on slashes into an array
• Get the last index of the array

3

• Create a Uri class with it in the constructor
• Use the Segments property

4

• The linq way someone mentioned above

Answer 3

Try this

string DirName = System.IO.Directory.GetParent(@"C:\temp\foo\bar\").Name;

Answer 4

It looks like a bunch of people have withdrawn their answers, which is possibly a shame.

This one's got to be worth stating, only for the "teach a man to fish" quality of it - it's short, elegant and made of two separate things that, once learned, can be re-applied to other problems.

string lastPiece = wholePath.Split('\\').Last();

Last will throw if the list is empty.