Name Property
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For files, gets the name of the file. For directories, gets the name of the last directory in the hierarchy if a hierarchy exists. Otherwise, the Name property gets the name of the directory.
Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: System.IO (in System.IO.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Name As String
public abstract string Name { get; }
public:
virtual property String^ Name {
String^ get () abstract;
}
abstract Name : string with get
abstract function get Name () : String
Property Value
Type: System. . :: . .String
A string that is the name of the parent directory, the name of the last directory in the hierarchy, or the name of a file, including the file name extension.
Remarks
For a directory, Name returns only the name of the parent directory, such as Dir, not c:\Dir. For a subdirectory, Name returns only the name of the subdirectory, such as Sub1, not c:\Dir\Sub1.
For a file, Name returns only the file name and file name extension, such as MyFile.txt, not c:\Dir\Myfile.txt.
.NET Framework Security
- Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.