How to generate path of a file residing on another computer

Question

I load data from a Database on another PC in local network , and it works perfectly fine.

I just enter server name and db path and it works.

Now i am also looking for latest modified file in the folder on the server ,it works fine on local pc but when i use a server name plus path , it generate that path concatenated with the executable folder path.

string tmpPath=string.Empty;
if (serverName != "")
  {
   tmpPath = "\\" + serverName + "\\" + TrackingPath + "\\u00" + ID;
  }

And after this i simply read the folder to get latest modified file.

But the path becomes ....Debug\servername\trackingpath..... which is wrong.

EXAMPLE

Servename=testServer
TrackingPath= TmpFolder\SharedFolder\TrackingFolder

So according to my code it should become \\testServer\\TmpFolder\SharedFolder\TrackingFolder but instead it make it project....\Debug\\\testServer\\TmpFolder\SharedFolder\TrackingFolder So how can i read this folder from testserver

We need more details. Is this when debugging? What's `serverName`? What's `TrackingPath`? Why are you not using Path.Combine? `http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.path.combine.aspx` — Arran, Jun 06 '13 at 14:36
As in, where are the values of `serverName` and `TrackingPath` coming from? Are they being passed in? Where are they set? How are they set? As in, show us the *actual* code where they are set. — Arran, Jun 06 '13 at 14:40
The come from the database they are always serverName = abc and tracking path starting as i stated in example. — confusedMind, Jun 06 '13 at 14:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Use Path.Combine to work with path files and remember that the backslash is a special character in C# and it is used to escape other chars. So you need

string ID = "test";
string TrackingPath = "tracking";
string serverName = "server_name";
string tmpPath=string.Empty;
if (serverName != "")
{
    tmpPath = Path.Combine(@"\\", serverName, TrackingPath ,"u00" + ID);
}
Console.WriteLine(tmpPath);

To insert a backslash in a string you need to double it or prefix with the Verbatim string prefix character @

Using 3.5 Framework and below

    tmpPath = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(Path.Combine(@"\\", serverName), TrackingPath) ,"u00" + ID);

Well not very efficient but it works

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Jun 06 '13 at 14:39

Steve

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IT says only 2 arguments can be passed to Path.Combine – confusedMind Jun 06 '13 at 14:43
No, check better you could pass an array -> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd991142(v=vs.100).aspx – Steve Jun 06 '13 at 14:45
Error 5 No overload for method 'Combine' takes 4 arguments – confusedMind Jun 06 '13 at 14:53
i am using ....3.5 Again the issue is not the path is wrong etc , the issue is it looks for the path inside the debug folder! Where it should use the servername+tracking path. – confusedMind Jun 06 '13 at 14:55
That's the problem. Need 4.0, ok you could split in three separate calls – Steve Jun 06 '13 at 14:56
let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/31338/discussion-between-steve-and-confusedmind) – Steve Jun 06 '13 at 15:01

How to generate path of a file residing on another computer

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