get directory from file path c++
c++, visual-c++
Solution
The initialisation is incorrect as you need to escape the backslashes:
string filename = "C:\\MyDirectory\\MyFile.bat";
To extract the directory if present:
string directory;
const size_t last_slash_idx = filename.rfind('\\');
if (std::string::npos != last_slash_idx)
{
directory = filename.substr(0, last_slash_idx);
}
Problem
What is the simplest way to get the directory that a file is in? I'm using this to find the working directory. ``` string filename = "C:\MyDirectory\MyFile.bat" ``` In this example, I should get "C:\MyDirectory".