Quick Tip: Use System.IO.Path.Combine instead of string concatenation

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Quick Tip: Use System.IO.Path.Combine instead of string concatenation

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mberseth 1 year, 3 months ago

mattberseth.com — System.IO.Path has a number of utility methods that are useful when you have to progamatically build a file path ...

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Yep, System.IO.Path is the way to go. I see application errors just waiting to happen whenever I see paths being built in our applications without using the Combine() method.

posted by JustinF 1 year, 2 months ago

Just make sure you watch out for absolute paths in the second argument. I have seen security holes caused by people trying to use Path.Combine to keep users within a specific directory.

http://grauenwolf.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!410AE16A9B73776E!164.entry

posted by grauenwolf 1 year, 2 months ago