System.NotSupportedException : 'The format of the given path is not supported.' C#

Question

For searching files in a directory, I am using this snippet of code :

string targetToCopy = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["drive"] + element.Element("categorie").Value.ToString().Replace(" / ", @"\");  

DirectoryInfo directoryToCopy = new DirectoryInfo(targetToCopy); 

I create the path with this string targetToCopy, I parse the string in DirectoryInfo for using the directoryToCopy.GetFiles() method.

This method searches files with path, and when I use this in my loop, I get an error:

System.NotSupportedException : 'The format of the given path is not supported.'

I don't know what this error means, but if you know how to solve the problem.

Thank you and good luck :)

Answer 1

I determined the problem by outputting my path to a log file, and finding it not formatting correctly. Correct for me was quite simply:

DirectoryInfo diTemp = new DirectoryInfo(strSomePath);
FileStream fsTemp = new FileStream(diTemp.FullName.ToString());

Answer 2

There is a space before the / in Replace(" / ", @"\") therefore String.Replace transformation is not in effect

Updated code

string targetToCopy = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["drive"] + element.Element("categorie").Value.ToString().Replace("/ ", @"\");