Current Application Directory Name without full path VB.net

Question

Hi,

I would like to print the current directory name without showing the full path. With current directory I meant the current directory of the VB application from which it's launched. For example; if I launch the application from D:\ParentDir\DynamicDir 3, I should get "DynamicDir 3" and not the D:\ParentDir
I have tried following but I am getting full path:

Label3.Text = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

or

Label3.Text = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()

and same results with following as well:

Label3.Text = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath

Answer 1

Hi

Try this

Label3.Text = IO.Path.GetFileName(Application.StartupPath)

Answer 2

Hello @~OSD~

If you want a solution that works for .NET Framework and/or .NET Framework Core consider

These don't work on .NET Core 5 but work on .NET Framework

Label3.Text = Path.GetFileName(Application.StartupPath)  
Label3.Text = Path.GetFileName(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory)  

This works on both .NET Core 5 and .NET Framework

Label3.Text = New DirectoryInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory).Name  

The reason why the first two fail on .NET Core is because both have a trailing backslash which is not present on on .NET Core so we would need to use

Label3.Text = Path.GetFileName(Application.StartupPath.TrimEnd("\"c))  

Or

Label3.Text = Path.GetFileName(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.TrimEnd("\"c))