Visual Studio 2010: Duplicated backslashs '\' are recognized for Directory class

   class Program

   {

        static void Main(string[]args)

        {

            stringfolderPath1 = @"\\\\\NETSEC-HARL-01\\\tools";

 

            if(!Directory.Exists(folderPath1))

            {

                Console.WriteLine("folderPath '" + folderPath1 +"' does not exist");

            }

            else

            {

                Console.WriteLine("folderPath '" + folderPath1 +"' exists");

 

                DirectoryInfoinfo = new DirectoryInfo(folderPath1);

                foreach(DirectoryInfo infininfo.GetDirectories())

                {

                    Console.WriteLine(""+inf.FullName);

                }

            }

            Console.Read();

        }

   }

 

Conclusion:

In .Net, duplicated backslashs are recognized for Directory class. ( Make sure the count of backslashs matches the minimum count)
e.g. 

Original path1:  D:\1\2

Recognized: D:\\1\2; D:\\1\\2; D:\\\\\\\1\2; D:\\\\\\\1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\2

 

Original path2: \\Machine\sharefolder

Recognized: \\\Machine\sharefolder;\\\\\\\Machine\\\\\sharefolder

Unrecognized: \Machine\sharefolder

 

Tip:

Slash '/' is same as the backslash '\'

e.g. D:\\\\\1///2 is correct.