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Devss
Devss

Reputation: 57

string value obtained from reading from json file , displays weirdly when using Path.Combine

I have a functionality where I would scan a given path for a certain file and process some information based on the information in that file . this file info.json in json syntax has a name and a relative path to a certain directory . What I am trying to do is simply obtain the relative path from the json file and print out an absoulute path

the relative file specified in the info.json file is as below,

{
  "Name": "testName",
  "OriginalPath": "new/File"
}

The absolute path that I am trying to print out is something like :- D:\testDel\new\File but the actual value is always something like D:\testDel\new/File , while I must say this path is still a valid path (when I do a win key + R I can navigate to that directory) but in terms of how its been displayed it looks messy .

Any Idea as to why I might be facing this problem , am I doing something wrong ,

my code is as follows 

string path = @"D:\testDel";
            IEnumerable<string> foundFiles = Directory.EnumerateFiles(path, "info.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories);

            foreach (string file in foundFiles)
            {

                DataModel data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataModel>(File.ReadAllText(file));

                string Name = data.Name;
                string absolutePath = data.OriginalPath;
                string folderpath = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);
                string fullPath = Path.Combine(folderpath, absolutePath);
                Console.WriteLine(fullPath);

            }
    public class DataModel
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string OriginalPath { get; set; }
    }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 257

Answers (2)

David Hinchliffe
David Hinchliffe

Reputation: 500

Wrap the Path.Combine(folderpath, absolutePath) statement in a Path.GetFullPath() as

fullPath=Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(folderpath, absolutePath));

this will also resolve reletive paths like ../NewFil to D:\NewFile

Upvotes: 1

Pavel Anikhouski
Pavel Anikhouski

Reputation: 23228

You can update a path, coming from JSON using Replace method and built-in Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar and Path.DirectorySeparatorChar fields

string absolutePath = data.OriginalPath.Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar, Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
string folderpath = Path.GetDirectoryName(file);

You are right, that path D:\testDel\new/File is valid, because Windows supports both, forward slash and backslash

Upvotes: 1

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