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user2232273
user2232273

Reputation: 4974

Getting "Could not find part of the path" error

im working on a project and what i try to do is to delete the files in my folder.

but I get the error:

Could not find part of the path.

The problem is that the path have a ' which does make part of the path. Here is my code:

foreach (var a in attachments)
{
    string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Files/'"+ a.FileName +"'"));

    foreach (string pathfile in files)
    {
        System.IO.File.Delete(pathfile);
    }
}

the result path is this:

'c:.....\Files\'14d75c4e-c25f-4288-9a75-08a359fe6d844.png'"

How can I solve this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 15349

Answers (3)

user2232273
user2232273

Reputation: 4974

Finally i have solved it.

the problem was the path and what i have done was little different what i had before.

i have create a method to return the root path. And then i have add it a simple variable and execute the delete command.

Here is my code:

Method:

private string StorageRoot
   {
    get { return Path.Combine(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Files/")); }
   }

Delete Command:

 foreach (var a in attachments)
    {
      var myfilename = a.FileName;
      var filetoDelete = StorageRoot + myfilename;
      System.IO.File.Delete(filetoDelete);
    }

Hope this solution helps someone in the future.

Upvotes: 0

Hexie
Hexie

Reputation: 4221

This is because your code has extra (un needed) single quotes.

....MapPath("~/Files/'"+ a.FileName +"'"));

Change this line;

string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Files/'"+ a.FileName +"'"));

to 

string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath(string.Format("~/Files/{0}", a.FileName));

Notice the change at the end of the code snippet(s).

Also, if I could suggest, wrap this in a Try / Catch (this would will help any future debugging as well).

Hope this helps.

Upvotes: 2

Ehsan
Ehsan

Reputation: 32721

You don't need single quotes. 

string[] files = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(Server.MapPath("~/Files/"+ a.FileName));

Upvotes: 3

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