FileSystem.CombinePath(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileIO

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

Source:: FileSystem.vb

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Combines two paths and returns a properly formatted path.

public:
 static System::String ^ CombinePath(System::String ^ baseDirectory, System::String ^ relativePath);

public static string CombinePath (string baseDirectory, string? relativePath);

public static string CombinePath (string baseDirectory, string relativePath);

static member CombinePath : string * string -> string

Public Shared Function CombinePath (baseDirectory As String, relativePath As String) As String

Parameters

baseDirectory: String

String. First path to be combined.

relativePath: String

String. Second path to be combined.

Returns

String

The combination of the specified paths.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

baseDirectory or relativePath are malformed paths.

Examples

This example combines a directory path and file name to create a properly formatted path.

Dim fullPath = My.Computer.FileSystem.CombinePath(
    "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures", "picture.jpg")

This example combines two paths to create a properly formatted path.

Dim fullPath = My.Computer.FileSystem.CombinePath(
    "C:\Dir1\Dir2\Dir3", "..\Dir4\Dir5\File.txt")

This example returns C:\Dir1\Dir2\Dir4\Dir5\File.txt.

Remarks

This method trims excess slash-mark characters to create a properly formatted path.

The following table lists an example of a task involving the My.Computer.FileSystem.CombinePath method.

To	See
Combine a directory path and file name	How to: Parse File Paths in Visual Basic

Applies to

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