c# why when the path is "C:" the directoryInfo takes me to the application folder?

Question

Why when i give the path "c:" it changed me directly to application folder?

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        DirectoryInfo dir = new DirectoryInfo("c:");
        Console.WriteLine(dir.FullName);
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

The output is the following:

c:\users...\documents\visual studio 2010\projects\consoleApplication9\bin\debug

But when I give @"c:\" it goes to disk c: despite that "d:" and @"d:\" takes to disk d:.

So I need a way to let "c:" takes to disk c:

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Just "c:" means "the current directory on the C drive" whereas @"c:\" means "root of the C drive". This works the same way from a command prompt...