Can I get a truename or canonical filename without using interop?

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Robert Houben - 17 Nov 2005 06:45 GMT

I want to know that two forms of an absolute filename reference the same
file. How would I do this without using interop, or is it even possible?

TIA,

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David Thielen - 29 Nov 2005 04:46 GMT

Hello;

I think it is not possible because x:\data\file.dat may also be
\\server\share\file.dat where x: is \\server\root. You have no way of knowing
the directory root vs share point to on a server.

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thanks - dave

> I want to know that two forms of an absolute filename reference the same
> file. How would I do this without using interop, or is it even possible?
>
> TIA,

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Raoul James - 29 Nov 2005 17:23 GMT

I agree that drive mappings can be hard to deal with, but what I'm looking
for is more things like this:

c:\mydir\myfilename.ext
\mydir\myfilename.ext
c:\mydir\myfile~1.ext

Java gives me a way to do this. I can create a file object and ask for the
canonical name.

I suspect that you're right. Everything I've found suggests that I'll have
to live without this functionality.

Thanks for the response!

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David Thielen - 29 Nov 2005 17:40 GMT

For that look at the FileInfo class - I think it can give you what you want.

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> I agree that drive mappings can be hard to deal with, but what I'm looking
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