Question

I have to strip a file path and get the parent folder.

Say my path is

\\ServerA\FolderA\FolderB\File.jpg

I need to get

1. File Name = File.jog

2. Folder it resides in = FolderB

3. And parent folder = FolderA

I always have to go 2 levels up from where the file resides.

Is there an easier way or is a regular expression the way to go?

Answer 1

FileInfo is your friend:

using System;
using System.IO;

class Test
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string file = @"\\ServerA\FolderA\FolderB\File.jpg";
        FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(file);
        Console.WriteLine(fi.Name);                  // Prints File.jpg
        Console.WriteLine(fi.Directory.Name);        // Prints FolderB
        Console.WriteLine(fi.Directory.Parent.Name); // Prints FolderA
    }
}