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Hi,

how can i find out, whether a given string specifies a Path or a file...

System.IO.File.Exist(UnknownString) does not work for my
application. i exactly need to know if the strng is a path or a file...

But how the h*** can i find it out....
Thanks in advance....
Kerem Gümrükcü
Jul 21 '05 #1
1 1513
Use the FileSystemInfo.Attributes property which is of type FileAttributes.
The FileAttributes enumeration has a flag FileAttributes.Directory which I
believe is what you are looking for.

HTH, Jakob.
"Kerem Gümrükcü" wrote:
Hi,

how can i find out, whether a given string specifies a Path or a file...

System.IO.File.Exist(UnknownString) does not work for my
application. i exactly need to know if the strng is a path or a file...

But how the h*** can i find it out....
Thanks in advance....
Kerem Gümrükcü

Jul 21 '05 #2

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