Check if path is a networkadress or a path to a local file

Question

Hello,

how can i check if my path is a networkadress or a localpath? I am working with FileInfo and DirectoryInfo.
I would differentiat it parsing the path. I check if the path is starting with a character or with \\.

Isnt there a better solution?

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Answer 1

One way of checking is by getting root path:

string fileName1 = System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(@"C:\Program Files\TextPad 4\TextPad.exe");
MessageBox.Show(fileName1);
//Prints "C:\"
string fileName2 = System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(@"\\fs01\apps\Adobe\rs405eng.exe");
MessageBox.Show(fileName2);
//Prints "\\fs01\apps"

the other way is the more simple, check whether the first two characters are "\\"

fileName2.StartsWith("\\").ToString()
//Prints "True"

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Balaji Baskar [Please mark the post as answer if it answers your question]

Answer 2

Hello,

isnt there a nicer solution. I tried DriveInfo out, but if the path is to a networkresource DriveInfo will throug a Argumentexception. But for the first, i will take the path parse solution. :)

I will use this regex pattern to check if the path is a local path.

^[A-Z]+[a-zA-Z]*:\\

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