C# Path GetFileName

Description

Path GetFileName Returns the file name and extension of the specified path string.

Syntax

Path.GetFileName has the following syntax.

public static string GetFileName(
  string path
)

Parameters

Path.GetFileName has the following parameters.

• path - The path string from which to obtain the file name and extension.

Returns

Path.GetFileName method returns The characters after the last directory character in path. If the last character of path is a directory or volume separator character, this method returns String.Empty. If path is null, this method returns null.

Example

The following code example demonstrates the behavior of the GetFileName method.

using System.IO;/*from   w w w .  ja  va2  s . c o  m*/
using System;
public class MainClass
{
    public static void Main(String[] argv)
    {
        string path = @"C:\mydir\";
        string result;

        result = Path.GetFileName(path);
        Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'",
            path, result);

    }
}

The code above generates the following result.