FileSystemInfo.Name Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

FileSystemInfo.cs

For files, gets the name of the file. For directories, gets the name of the last directory in the hierarchy if a hierarchy exists. Otherwise, the Name property gets the name of the directory.

public:
 abstract property System::String ^ Name { System::String ^ get(); };

public abstract string Name { get; }

member this.Name : string

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Name As String

Property Value

String

A string that is the name of the parent directory, the name of the last directory in the hierarchy, or the name of a file, including the file name extension.

Remarks

For a directory, Name returns only the name of the parent directory, such as Dir, not c:\Dir. For a subdirectory, Name returns only the name of the subdirectory, such as Sub1, not c:\Dir\Sub1.

For a file, Name returns only the file name and file name extension, such as MyFile.txt, not c:\Dir\Myfile.txt.

See also

• FileSystemWatcher
• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File