Path Members (System.IO)

Path Members

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Path Members

Updated: November 2007

Performs operations on String instances that contain file or directory path information. These operations are performed in a cross-platform manner.

The Path type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ChangeExtension	Changes the extension of a path string.
	Combine	Combines two path strings.
	GetDirectoryName	Returns the directory information for the specified path string.
	GetExtension	Returns the extension of the specified path string.
	GetFileName	Returns the file name and extension of the specified path string.
	GetFileNameWithoutExtension	Returns the file name of the specified path string without the extension.
	GetFullPath	Returns the absolute path for the specified path string.
	GetInvalidFileNameChars	Gets an array containing the characters that are not allowed in file names.
	GetInvalidPathChars	Gets an array containing the characters that are not allowed in path names.
	GetPathRoot	Gets the root directory information of the specified path.
	GetRandomFileName	Returns a random folder name or file name.
	GetTempFileName	Creates a uniquely named, zero-byte temporary file on disk and returns the full path of that file.
	GetTempPath	Returns the path of the current system's temporary folder.
	HasExtension	Determines whether a path includes a file name extension.
	IsPathRooted	Gets a value indicating whether the specified path string contains absolute or relative path information.

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Fields

	Name	Description
	AltDirectorySeparatorChar	Provides a platform-specific alternate character used to separate directory levels in a path string that reflects a hierarchical file system organization.
	DirectorySeparatorChar	Provides a platform-specific character used to separate directory levels in a path string that reflects a hierarchical file system organization.
	InvalidPathChars	Obsolete. Provides a platform-specific array of characters that cannot be specified in path string arguments passed to members of the Path class.
	PathSeparator	A platform-specific separator character used to separate path strings in environment variables.
	VolumeSeparatorChar	Provides a platform-specific volume separator character.

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