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regex pattern that takes only directory without file name

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regex pattern that takes only directory without file name
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  1. private void txtDownloadRoot_Validating(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
  2.         {
  3.             Regex driveCheck = new Regex(@"([a-zA-Z]:\\[^/:\*;\/\:\?<>\|]+)|(\\{2}[^/:\*;\/\:\?<>\|]+)");
  4.             if (!driveCheck.IsMatch(txtDownloadRoot.Text))
  5.             {
  6.                 e.Cancel = true;
  7.                 txtDownloadRoot.Focus();
  8.                 errorProvider1.SetError(txtDownloadRoot, "invalid path...!!!");
  9.             }
  10.             else
  11.             {
  12.                 errorProvider1.SetError(this.txtDownloadRoot, String.Empty);
  13.             }
Dec 5 '14 #1
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Luuk
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Why do you want to do this with a regex?

GetFileName seems more appropriate to get the file name, after that it's easy to get the directory name.
Dec 8 '14 #2

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