Parameters

path

The path string from which to obtain the file name and extension.

Returns

The characters after the last directory character in path. If the last character of path is a directory or volume separator character, this method returns string.Empty. If path is null, this method returns null.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	path contains one or more implementation-specific invalid characters.

Remarks

The returned value is null if the file path is null.

The separator characters used to determine the start of the file name are Path.DirectorySeparatorChar and Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

Example

using System;
using System.IO;
class FileNameTest {
 public static void Main() {
   string [] paths = {"pathtests.txt",
     @"\ecmatest\examples\pathtests.txt",
     "c:pathtests.txt",
     @"\ecmatest\examples\",
     ""
   };
   foreach (string p in paths) {
     Console.WriteLine("Path: {0} filename = {1}",p, Path.GetFileName(p));
   }
 }
}
      

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