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Directory Property

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Gets an instance of the parent directory.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property Directory As DirectoryInfo
public DirectoryInfo Directory { get; }
public:
property DirectoryInfo^ Directory {
    DirectoryInfo^ get ();
}
member Directory : DirectoryInfo with get
function get Directory () : DirectoryInfo

Property Value

Type: System.IO. . :: . .DirectoryInfo
A DirectoryInfo object representing the parent directory of this file.

Remarks

To get the parent directory as a string, use the DirectoryName property.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

FileInfo Class

System.IO Namespace