FileInfo::DirectoryName Property

 

Gets a string representing the directory's full path.

Namespace:   System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

public:
property String^ DirectoryName {
	String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

A string representing the directory's full path.

Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

null was passed in for the directory name.

PathTooLongException

The fully qualified path is 260 or more characters.

SecurityException

The caller does not have the required permission.

To get the parent directory as a DirectoryInfo object, use the Directory property.

When first called, FileInfo calls Refresh and caches information about the file. On subsequent calls, you must call Refresh to get the latest copy of the information.

The following example retrieves the full path of the specified file.

String^ fileName = "C:\\TMP\\log.txt";
FileInfo^ fileInfo = gcnew FileInfo( fileName );
if (  !fileInfo->Exists )
{
   return;
}

Console::WriteLine( " {0} has a directoryName of {1}",
   fileName, fileInfo->DirectoryName );

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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