"Path.GetFullPath" and network paths

.net, c#, path

Solution

When You use a network path the second part of the path is the Share-name not directory.

Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFullPath(@"C:\SomeDir\Dir1\Dir2\..\..\SomeFolder"));

C:\SomeDir\SomeFolder

Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFullPath(@"\\Server\ShareName\Dir1\Dir2\..\..\SomeFolder"));

\Server\ShareName\SomeFolder

Problem

Why does "Path.GetFullPath" behave strange when resolving paths with relative elements on a network path? Try this small example and compare the results: ``` using System; using System.IO; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFullPath(@"C:\Stay\Elim1\Elim2\..\..\SomeFolder")); // yields C:\Stay\SomeFolder Console.WriteLine(Path.GetFullPath(@"\\Stay\Elim1\Elim2\..\..\SomeFolder")); // yields \\Stay\Elim1\SomeFolder ??? } } } ``` It might be a bug or there might be some sense in it, but I don't get it. (None of the pathes or even parts of it them really exist on my machine, so its merely a string operation)

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