Inconsistent behavior of FullName when provided path ends with a backslash

Inconsistent behavior of FullName when provided path ends with a backslash by davidgvh

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Type:	Bug
ID:	777308
Opened:	1/23/2013 1:41:11 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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DirectoryInfo.FullName displays the simplified path name, but does not remove trailing directory separators. FullName will always display paths without trailing directory separators if referenced through GetDirectories or through Parent.

Similar fixed issue:
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/614862/inconsistent-behavior-for-directory-getparent

Details (expand)

.NET Framework 4.0

1) Add a backslash to the end of any path passed to the DirectoryInfo constructor.
2) Output the FullName property of the instance.
3) Using the Parent property, find the directory using GetDirectories().
4) Output the FullName property of the found directory.

Example:
DirectoryInfo path = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\foo\bar\..\");

Console.WriteLine(path.FullName); // Writes C:\foo\

DirectoryInfo found = path.Parent.GetDirectories(path.Name, SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly)[0];

Console.WriteLine(found.FullName); // Writes C:\foo

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The output of above code:
C:\foo\
C:\foo

The expected output of the above code:
C:\foo
C:\foo

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Posted by Microsoft on 2/11/2013 at 12:06 PM

Thank you for your feedback. We are not going to be able to address this issue in our next release due to other priorities.

Regards,
Immo Landwerth
.NET Framework Team

Posted by davidgvh on 1/28/2013 at 6:37 AM

Why will this not be fixed?

Posted by Microsoft on 1/23/2013 at 10:55 PM

Thank you for submitting feedback on Visual Studio and .NET Framework. Your issue has been routed to the appropriate VS development team for investigation. We will contact you if we require any additional information.

Posted by Microsoft on 1/23/2013 at 1:50 PM

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