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How to remove the extra '\'s from a file given by the System.IO.Directory.GetFiles()

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How to remove the extra '\'s from a file given by the System.IO.Directory.GetFiles()

Brian

15yAsked Sep 2, 2011, 3:56 PM2.3kVisual Basic .NET

Hello,

Forgive me if this is a simple question, I am new to C#. I am enumerating files on a shared network drive and the files that are returned with the System.IO.Directory.GetFiles() are in the format of '\\\\shared folder\\directory\\file'. How can I remove the extra '\'s? I need to use the file and its full path inside of a sql select statement but without the extra '\'s. I tried file.Replace(@"\\",@"\") but it did not work.

Thanks in advance

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Vulpes15y ago
Good, nothing to do then :)

I thought it was strange that the GetFiles() method didn't seem to be working correctly.
Brian15y ago
Thanks for the information Vulpes. When I did a MessageBox.Show() it does display the string correctly.
Vulpes15y ago
You'll need to use a verbatim string for the file path as well:

string s = @"\\\\shared folder\\directory\\file";
s = s.Replace(@"\\", @"\");
Console.WriteLine(s);

output:

\\shared folder\directory\file

Incidentally, are you sure that the strings are 'really' like they look and don't just appear like that in the debugger?

I'd try doing a MessageBox.Show on one of them to make sure.