How do I get the full path for a given file?
e.g. I provide:
string filename = @"test.txt"; Result should be:
Full File Path = C:\Windows\ABC\Test\test.txt 
9 Answers
Try
string fileName = "test.txt"; FileInfo f = new FileInfo(fileName); string fullname = f.FullName; 
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Ranjeeth Kumar Pathi
Hi Thanks for reply. It is returning current directory, But i required from all directories.
Use Path.GetFullPath():
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.getfullpath.aspx
This should return the full path information.
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You Can use:
string path = Path.GetFullPath(FileName); it will return the Full path of that mentioned file.
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string dirpath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); Prepend this dirpath to the filename to get the complete path.
As @Dan Puzey indicated in the comments, it would be better to use Path.Combine
Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), filename) answered Nov 1, 2012 at 11:17
Anirudh Ramanathan
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Dan Puzey
And don't prepend it. Use
Path.Combine instead.I know my answer it's too late, but it might helpful to other's
Try,
Void Main() { string filename = @"test.txt"; string filePath= AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + filename ; Console.WriteLine(filePath); } 
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Zane Claes
Per the Microsoft Docs, the BaseDirectory is used by "the assembly resolver to probe for assemblies." It resolves to the executable path (not the working directory) such as "bin/Debug/...". Therefore, it will only solve the OP's question in certain edge cases where the working directory and executable directory are the same. In most other cases, the executable directory will not be accessible by the current user.
try..
Server.MapPath(FileUpload1.FileName); 
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JP Hellemons
If I understand the question,
MapPath is indeed the way to go msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…
Abdul Munim
HttpContext won't be available in WinForms
Habib
Server.MapPath is for IIS/web based applications. The tag on the question is windows
Ranjeeth Kumar Pathi
i required for windows forms.
try:
string fileName = @"test.txt"; string currentDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); string[] fullFilePath = Directory.GetFiles(currentDirectory, filename, SearchOption.AllDirectories); it will return full path of all such files in the current directory and its sub directories to string array fullFilePath. If only one file exist it will be in "fullFileName[0]".
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private const string BulkSetPriceFile = "test.txt"; ... var fullname = Path.GetFullPath(BulkSetPriceFile); 
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You can get the current path:
string AssemblyPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location).ToString(); Good luck!
test.txtfile on your drive and return its path or you do you want to attach some default path to the file ?