How to find the extension of a file in C#?

Path.GetExtension

string myFilePath = @"C:\MyFile.txt";
string ext = Path.GetExtension(myFilePath);
// ext would be ".txt"

You may simply read the stream of a file

using (var target = new MemoryStream())
{
    postedFile.InputStream.CopyTo(target);
    var array = target.ToArray();
}

First 5/6 indexes will tell you the file type. In case of FLV its 70, 76, 86, 1, 5.

private static readonly byte[] FLV = { 70, 76, 86, 1, 5};

bool isAllowed = array.Take(5).SequenceEqual(FLV);

if isAllowed equals true then its FLV.

Read the content of a file

var contentArray = target.GetBuffer();
var content = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(contentArray);

First two/three letters will tell you the file type.
In case of FLV its "FLV......"

content.StartsWith("FLV")

I'm not sure if this is what you want but:

Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\mydir", "*.flv");

Or:

Path.GetExtension(@"c:\test.flv")

At the server you can check the MIME type, lookup flv mime type here or on google.

You should be checking that the mime type is

video/x-flv

If you were using a FileUpload in C# for instance, you could do

FileUpload.PostedFile.ContentType == "video/x-flv"

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