using System;

using System.IO;

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Test(subPath: "c:/foo/bar", basePath: "c:/foo");        // with direct child (true)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/bar/qux", basePath: "c:/foo");    // with level 2 child (true)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo", basePath: "c:/foo/bar");        // with args flipped (false)

Test(subPath: "c:/FOO/bar", basePath: "C:/foo");        // different case (result depends on platform)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/bar", basePath: "c:/foo/");       // trailing / is ignored (true)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/bar/", basePath: "c:/foo");       // trailing / is ignored (true)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/bar", basePath: "c:/foo/bar");    // same path (false)

Test(subPath: "d:/foo/bar", basePath: "c:/foo");        // different root (false)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/../foo/bar", basePath: "c:/foo"); // you're breaking my balls here... (still works, though)

Test(subPath: "c:/foo/.bar", basePath: "c:/foo");       // doesn't work when foldername starts with a dot :(

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void Test(string subPath, string basePath) {

    var isSubPath = subPath.IsSubPathOf(basePath);

    var infix = isSubPath ? " " : " NOT ";

    Console.WriteLine($"'{subPath}'\tis{infix}a sub path of\t'{basePath}'\t({Path.GetRelativePath(basePath, subPath)})");

}

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public static class Ext {

    public static bool IsSubPathOf(this string subPath, string basePath) {

        var rel = Path.GetRelativePath(basePath, subPath);

        // Console.WriteLine($"\r\n{rel}\t"); // for debugging

        return !rel.StartsWith('.') && !Path.IsPathRooted(rel);

    }

}

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