Don't show full path

26 Oct 2006 3:08 PM

Mike OKC

The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including the
path. I just want the file name, not the path.

For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
Next

26 Oct 2006 3:19 PM

zacks

Mike OKC wrote:

> The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including the
> path. I just want the file name, not the path.
>
> For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
> Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
> Next

FileInfo class.

26 Oct 2006 3:22 PM

Tim Patrick

Use My.Computer.FileSystem.GetName() to parse the filename out of a full
path.

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Start-to-Finish Visual Basic 2005

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> The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including
> the path. I just want the file name, not the path.
>
> For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
> Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
> Next

26 Oct 2006 4:35 PM

Mythran

"Mike OKC" <MikeOKC@newsgroups.nospam> wrote in message
news:33FE39A9-FE75-44BB-B2AA-7641FE5F6C11@microsoft.com...
> The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including the
> path. I just want the file name, not the path.
>
> For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
> Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
> Next
>

In v1.1, I use Path.GetFileName(path) to get a filename without the
directory path :)

Review the other posts for newer versions.

HTH,
Mythran

26 Oct 2006 10:15 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Mythran" <kip_pot***@hotmail.com> schrieb:
>> The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including the
>> path. I just want the file name, not the path.
>>
>> For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
>> Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
>> Next
>
> In v1.1, I use Path.GetFileName(path) to get a filename without the
> directory path :)

I even use it in .NET 2.0 if I have a file path as a string.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

27 Oct 2006 2:04 AM

Tom Shelton

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] wrote:

> "Mythran" <kip_pot***@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> >> The Directory.GetFiles method will bring back the file name including the
> >> path. I just want the file name, not the path.
> >>
> >> For Each strFile In Directory.GetFiles(strLocalPath)
> >> Me.lstLocal.Items.Add(strFile.ToString)
> >> Next
> >
> > In v1.1, I use Path.GetFileName(path) to get a filename without the
> > directory path :)
>
> I even use it in .NET 2.0 if I have a file path as a string.

Me too. Much easier then My.... Oh, yeah - it also doesn't hurt that
I do all my coding in C# actaully :)

--
Tom Shelton

27 Oct 2006 5:47 AM

Linda Liu [MSFT]

Hi Mike,

Yes, you're right. The Directory.GetFiles method returns the names of files
with full path in a specified directory.

If you would like to get only the file names in a specified directory, you
could call DirectoryInfo.GetFiles method which returns an array of type
FileInfo and then use the FileInfo.Name property to get the file name
without full path.

The following is a sample.

Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(strLocalPath)
Dim fi As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles()

For Each fiTemp As FileInfo In fi
Console.WriteLine(fiTemp.Name)
Next

Hope this help.
If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know.

Sincerely,
Linda Liu
Microsoft Online Community Support

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27 Oct 2006 2:41 PM

Mike OKC

It worked. Thanks.

Also, thanks for the detailed focused response, it really helped me that you
provided a detailed explaination and an example.

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"Linda Liu [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Yes, you're right. The Directory.GetFiles method returns the names of files
> with full path in a specified directory.
>
> If you would like to get only the file names in a specified directory, you
> could call DirectoryInfo.GetFiles method which returns an array of type
> FileInfo and then use the FileInfo.Name property to get the file name
> without full path.
>
> The following is a sample.
>
> Dim di As DirectoryInfo = New DirectoryInfo(strLocalPath)
> Dim fi As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles()
>
> For Each fiTemp As FileInfo In fi
> Console.WriteLine(fiTemp.Name)
> Next
>
> Hope this help.
> If you have anything unclear, please feel free to let me know.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Linda Liu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
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