Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars Method ()

 

Gets an array containing the characters that are not allowed in file names.

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

static member GetInvalidFileNameChars : unit -> char[]

Return Value

Type: System.Char[]

An array containing the characters that are not allowed in file names.

The array returned from this method is not guaranteed to contain the complete set of characters that are invalid in file and directory names. The full set of invalid characters can vary by file system. For example, on Windows-based desktop platforms, invalid path characters might include ASCII/Unicode characters 1 through 31, as well as quote ("), less than (<), greater than (>), pipe (|), backspace (\b), null (\0) and tab (\t).

The following code example demonstrates the GetInvalidFileNameChars method and the GetInvalidPathChars method to retrieve invalid characters.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 8.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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