FileSystem.GetName(String) Method
Definition
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Parses the file name out of the path provided.
public:
static System::String ^ GetName(System::String ^ path);
public static string GetName (string path);
static member GetName : string -> string
Public Shared Function GetName (path As String) As String
Parameters
- path
- String
Required. Path to be parsed. String
.
Returns
The file name from the specified path.
Examples
The following example parses a file path and returns the name of the file.
MsgBox("The filename is: " &
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName("C:\testdirectory\testfile"))
Replace the path C:\Testdirectory\Testfile
with the path you wish to parse.
Remarks
This is a string operation; the FileSystem
is not examined.
The GetName
method ignores a slash mark occurring at the end of the path.
The following table lists an example of a task involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileName
method.
To | See |
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Parse a file path | How to: Parse File Paths in Visual Basic |