Elegant way to get name of uploaded file?

[the friendly display name]

Hello,

When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:

uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:

string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;

NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path on
which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just the
file name (test.exe), without path information?

I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or "\"
cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[Phillip Williams]

The path class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
provides serveral helpful function such as Path.GetFileName (which will get
you the filename that you wanted)
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"the friendly display name" wrote:

Hello,

When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:

uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:

string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;

NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path on
which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just the
file name (test.exe), without path information?

I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or "\"
cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[Siva M]

System.IO.Path.GetFileName()

"the friendly display name"
<th********************@discussions.microsoft.co m> wrote in message
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Hello,

When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:

uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:

string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;

NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path on
which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just the
file name (test.exe), without path information?

I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or "\"
cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[Peter Rilling]

This brings up an interesting issue. What is the path when other platforms
such as Mac or Unix upload a file to the server? Each platform has their
own way of representing paths and will the Path class be able to take this
into account?

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
news:45**********************************@microsof t.com...

The path class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
provides serveral helpful function such as Path.GetFileName (which will
get
you the filename that you wanted)
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"the friendly display name" wrote:

Hello,

When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:

uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:

string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;

NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path
on
which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just
the
file name (test.exe), without path information?

I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or
"\"
cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[Phillip Williams]

Hi Peter,

The MSDN documentation lists only Windows products under the "Platforms" for
this class. So I do not really know how it will work when receiving files
from the Unix or Mac. I have not tried it myself.

If any one has Unix or Mac, wants to try it and let us know the result, then
they can try this page from my website:
http://www.webswapp.com/demos/PathClass.aspx which will display back the
outcome; whether the Path method catches an exception or manages to get the
filenames correctly.

--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Peter Rilling" wrote:

This brings up an interesting issue. What is the path when other platforms
such as Mac or Unix upload a file to the server? Each platform has their
own way of representing paths and will the Path class be able to take this
into account?

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
news:45**********************************@microsof t.com...

The path class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
provides serveral helpful function such as Path.GetFileName (which will
get
you the filename that you wanted)
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"the friendly display name" wrote:

Hello,

When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:

uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:

string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;

NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path
on
which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just
the
file name (test.exe), without path information?

I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or
"\"
cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[the friendly display name]

Tried it from Linux, it works.

Btw. the description from the MSDN page says it already, that it is
cross-plattform:

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

"Phillip Williams" wrote:

Hi Peter,

The MSDN documentation lists only Windows products under the "Platforms" for
this class. So I do not really know how it will work when receiving files
from the Unix or Mac. I have not tried it myself.

If any one has Unix or Mac, wants to try it and let us know the result, then
they can try this page from my website:
http://www.webswapp.com/demos/PathClass.aspx which will display back the
outcome; whether the Path method catches an exception or manages to get the
filenames correctly.

--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Peter Rilling" wrote:

This brings up an interesting issue. What is the path when other platforms
such as Mac or Unix upload a file to the server? Each platform has their
own way of representing paths and will the Path class be able to take this
into account?

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
news:45**********************************@microsof t.com...

The path class:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
provides serveral helpful function such as Path.GetFileName (which will
get
you the filename that you wanted)
--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"the friendly display name" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:
>
> uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:
>
> string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;
>
> NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete path
> on
> which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just
> the
> file name (test.exe), without path information?
>
> I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/" or
> "\"
> cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?

[Peter Rilling]

Didn't mean that the Path class would be invoked on a Mac computer, but if
you are running a website on Windows, and a Mac client (using something like
the Safari browser) visits your webpage and uploads a file using the file
upload tag, then the path received by the server would probably be the path
would probably be Mac formatted.

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
news:5E**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi Peter,

The MSDN documentation lists only Windows products under the "Platforms"
for
this class. So I do not really know how it will work when receiving files
from the Unix or Mac. I have not tried it myself.

If any one has Unix or Mac, wants to try it and let us know the result,
then
they can try this page from my website:
http://www.webswapp.com/demos/PathClass.aspx which will display back the
outcome; whether the Path method catches an exception or manages to get
the
filenames correctly.

--
HTH,
Phillip Williams
http://www.societopia.net
http://www.webswapp.com
"Peter Rilling" wrote:

This brings up an interesting issue. What is the path when other
platforms
such as Mac or Unix upload a file to the server? Each platform has their
own way of representing paths and will the Path class be able to take
this
into account?

"Phillip Williams" <Ph**************@webswapp.com> wrote in message
news:45**********************************@microsof t.com...

> The path class:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
> provides serveral helpful function such as Path.GetFileName (which will
> get
> you the filename that you wanted)
> --
> HTH,
> Phillip Williams
> http://www.societopia.net
> http://www.webswapp.com
>
>
> "the friendly display name" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> When it's needed to upload a file, and get the name of it:
>>
>> uploadfile is a HtmlInputFile type:
>>
>> string NameOfFile = uploadfile.PostedFile.FileName;
>>
>> NameOfFile will not only get the name of the file, but the complete
>> path
>> on
>> which it was on the client ("C:\somefolder\test.exe"). How to get just
>> the
>> file name (test.exe), without path information?
>>
>> I know, I could just cut the string, search for the appearance of "/"
>> or
>> "\"
>> cut the rest etc. but, isn't there a more elegant way?