get directory name in c# code example

Example 1: get directory of file c#

using System.IO;

string file = "C:\Documents\file.txt";
Path.GetDirectoryName(file);

Example 2: get directory name of path c#

string filename = @"C:/folder1/folder2/file.txt";
string FolderName = new DirectoryInfo(System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(filename)).Name;

Example 3: get folders in directory c#

string[] folders = System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(@"C:\My Sample Path\","*", System.IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories);