How do I get just the name of the file from the path?

Question

I'm saving something from winform to a file, with SaveFileDialog (svf), and I would like to use the name of the file, after saving, how can I do it?

sfd.FileName;

It's not the right way, because it has got the path too... (for example:c:/asd/asd/asd.doc)

Andrew Barber · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04 22:14:36Z

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You would use Path.GetFileName() to get just the filename.

string fileName = Path.GetFileName(sfd.FileName);

answered Dec 4, 2012 at 22:14

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ChrisF · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04 22:16:27Z

You need to use the various Path methods to split the path into the various components you need.

string filename = Path.GetFileName(sfd.FileName);