? Directory Validation Bug???

[Webtest]

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.NET Framework 1.1 - VB.NET 2003

I'm trying to validate a directory, and I've come across a weird anomaly ...

I have a directory: C:\Table
The following

Dim attr As FileAttribute
Try
    attr = GetAttr("C:\\\\\Table\\\")
    If (attr And FileAttribute.Directory) = FileAttribute.Directory Then
        MsgBox("VALID")
    End If
Catch
    MsgBox("NOT valid")
End Try

Returns "VALID" - I would expect it to catch an exception for the invalid Path specification???

Thank you for any comments, suggestions, or assistance.

[balmerch]

You can use System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("C:\\\\\Table\\\") to convert it to the absolute path. I can only guess that its a legitimate path because each "\" represents a movement in the path direction and without a name or ".." it sees it as staying still in the location its at instead of moving ahead or back, so:
C:\\\\\\\ = C:\
Table\\\ = Table\

Which would make it legit.