.net - Determine via C# whether a string is a valid file path

Question

I would like to know how to determine whether string is valid file path.

The file path may or may not exist.

Answer 1

You can use the FileInfo constructor. It will throw a ArgumentException if "The file name is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters." It can also throw SecurityException or UnauthorizedAccessException, which I think you can ignore if you're only concerned about format.

Another option is to check against Path.GetInvalidPathChars directly. E.g.:

boolean possiblePath = pathString.IndexOfAny(Path.GetInvalidPathChars()) == -1;