Valid directory

[Alan T]

How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

[TonySantolaria]

Alan T wrote:

How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

System.IO.Directory.Exists(@"c:\temp");
cheers

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

The system.io class has a directory exists method

Directory.Exists(path)

described here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ry.exists.aspx

As long as you have the authenticated rights to check that location it will
tell you if a path exists.

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John Timney (MVP)
"Alan T" <al*************@yahoo.com.auwrote in message
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How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

[Alan T]

I just wonder
c:\temp\\doc\\\root1\\\

it gives me that is valid directory but I need to get rid of the extra '\'s

The system.io class has a directory exists method

Directory.Exists(path)

described here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ry.exists.aspx

As long as you have the authenticated rights to check that location it
will tell you if a path exists.

>How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

[John Timney \(MVP\)]

read how to trim here

http://www.csharphelp.com/archives4/archive616.html

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John Timney (MVP)
"Alan T" <al*************@yahoo.com.auwrote in message
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>I just wonder
c:\temp\\doc\\\root1\\\

it gives me that is valid directory but I need to get rid of the extra
'\'s

>The system.io class has a directory exists method

Directory.Exists(path)

described here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ry.exists.aspx

As long as you have the authenticated rights to check that location it
will tell you if a path exists.

>>How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

[Alan T]

Sorry, I don't follow the article if it helps in my problem.

Is there a way to get rid of the extra '\' in the directory string?

"John Timney (MVP)" <x_****@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
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read how to trim here

http://www.csharphelp.com/archives4/archive616.html

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Regards

John Timney (MVP)
"Alan T" <al*************@yahoo.com.auwrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>I just wonder
c:\temp\\doc\\\root1\\\

it gives me that is valid directory but I need to get rid of the extra
'\'s

>>The system.io class has a directory exists method

Directory.Exists(path)

described here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ry.exists.aspx

As long as you have the authenticated rights to check that location it
will tell you if a path exists.
How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?

eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\

c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Alan,

The article explains how to do string manipulation

Basically, if you have a string of several \ where there should be only 1
you can do it like this

string s = @"c:\windows\\microsoft.net\\\framework\\\";

while (s.IndexOf(@"\\") -1)
s = s.Replace(@"\\", @"\");

The @ means treat \ as a backslash, not as an escape character


On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:16:45 +0200, Alan T <al*************@yahoo.com.au
wrote:

Sorry, I don't follow the article if it helps in my problem.

Is there a way to get rid of the extra '\' in the directory string?

"John Timney (MVP)" <x_****@timney.eclipse.co.ukwrote in message
news:Xb********************@eclipse.net.uk...

>read how to trim here

http://www.csharphelp.com/archives4/archive616.html

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Regards

John Timney (MVP)
"Alan T" <al*************@yahoo.com.auwrote in message
news:eX**************@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>I just wonder
c:\temp\\doc\\\root1\\\

it gives me that is valid directory but I need to get rid of the extra
'\'s

The system.io class has a directory exists method

Directory.Exists(path)

described here:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...y.exists..aspx

As long as you have the authenticated rights to check that locationit
will tell you if a path exists.
How do I check if the directory path is valid and exists ?
>
eg.
\\myserver\temp\\\\\\
>
c:\temp\\doc\\\\\\root1

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Happy Coding!
Morten Wennevik [C# MVP]