FileSystemProxy.GetName(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

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Parses the file name out of the path provided.

public:
 System::String ^ GetName(System::String ^ path);

public string GetName (string path);

member this.GetName : string -> string

Public Function GetName (path As String) As String

Parameters

path: String

Required. Path to be parsed. String.

Returns

String

The file name from the specified path.

Examples

The following example parses a file path and returns the name of the file.

MsgBox("The filename is: " &
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName("C:\testdirectory\testfile"))

Replace the path C:\Testdirectory\Testfile with the path you wish to parse.

Remarks

This is a string operation; the FileSystem is not examined.

The GetName method ignores a slash mark occurring at the end of the path.

The following table lists examples of tasks involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileName method.

To	See
Parse a file path	How to: Parse File Paths

Applies to