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How can one get a canonical file path in .NET?

Answer 1

+6 A:

Path.GetFullPath perhaps?

leppie 2009-08-12 14:50:57

I do not believe this is guaranteed to return a canonical name. It only guarantees the name returned can be used to reference the file absolutely vs. relatively

JaredPar 2009-08-12 14:52:58

Stupid me. Thanks.

mark 2009-08-12 14:53:33

Path.GetFullPath(@"c:\aaa\bbb\..\ccc") = c:\aaa\ccc - good enough for me.

mark 2009-08-12 14:54:04

Correct, but it doesn't check if the path is valid.

Henk Holterman 2009-08-12 14:54:55

@Henk: Path utils should not actually check for a valid file, or even touch the file system (but there are a few cases it does).

leppie 2009-08-12 14:58:10

Answer 2

+4 A:

Canonicalization is one of the main responsibilities of the Uri class in .NET.

var path = @"c:\aaa\bbb\..\ccc";
var canonicalPath = new Uri(path).LocalPath; // c:\aaa\ccc

bdukes 2009-08-12 14:57:04

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