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3ggerhappy
3ggerhappy

Reputation: 223

Can c# understand this kind of pathing for pointing a file?

..\..\..\ConnectionInterface\ConnectionInterface.vbproj

I mean the "..\"

Because I am reading up a .sln file as a text file to get all the projects in that solution and the problem is this projects inside where in different directories or level.

Here is an example

..\..\..\ConnectionInterface\ConnectionInterface.vbproj ..\States\Components\States.vbproj

any ideas how to get the actual paths of these projects?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 143

Answers (3)

Aaron McIver
Aaron McIver

Reputation: 24713

Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\..\ConnectionInterface\ConnectionInterface.vbproj");

This is relative to the current working directory, therefore if the relative reference is not based on the current working directory you will need to define that first.

Upvotes: 2

Jon Skeet
Jon Skeet

Reputation: 1499860

You can use Path.Combine, but you'll need to know where it's relative to. Basically find the directory that contains the original .sln file (e.g. using Path.GetDirectoryName and Path.GetFullPath) and then use Path.Combine to combine the original directory with the relative file.

For example:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;

class Test
{        
    static void Main()
    {
        string originalFile = "Test.cs";
        string relative = @"..\Documents\Foo";

        string originalAbsoluteFile = Path.GetFullPath(originalFile);        
        string originalDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(originalAbsoluteFile);
        string combined = Path.Combine(originalDirectory, relative);
        string combinedAbsolute = Path.GetFullPath(combined);
        Console.WriteLine(combinedAbsolute);
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Alex K
Alex K

Reputation: 11155

The question isn't very clear, but if you mean does C# understand: C:\SomeDir\InnerDir1\ ..\InnerDir2 to resolve to C:\SomeDir\InnerDir2, then yes, it will work. Just append directory the solution file is in with the relative path, and you are done.

Upvotes: 1

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