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DanielVest
DanielVest

Reputation: 823

Why the Path.Combine is not combining the path and file?

I have this code:

string log_file_name = @"\logger.txt";
            string logger_file_to_read = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.LocalUserAppDataPath) + @"\log";
            string LoggerFile = Path.Combine(logger_file_to_read, log_file_name);

I used a breakpoint and i see that : logger_file_to_read contain:

C:\Users\bout0_000\AppData\Local\Diagnostic_Tool_Blue_Screen\Diagnostic Tool Blue Screen\log

And that log_file_name contain:

\logger.txt

But then i see that LoggerFile contain only the file name: \logger.txt Without the directory.

Whay is that ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 618

Answers (2)

mesterak
mesterak

Reputation: 41

Drop the backslash in your file name like this:

string log_file_name = "logger.txt";

Upvotes: 0

Mike Zboray
Mike Zboray

Reputation: 40838

It's right there in the documentation:

If path2 does not include a root (for example, if path2 does not start with a separator character or a drive specification), the result is a concatenation of the two paths, with an intervening separator character. If path2 includes a root, path2 is returned.

Upvotes: 7

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