Parsing an arbitrary file path as a Uri or similar

Hello there. I would like to be able to parse the following inputs in such a way that I'm aware if they are a relative or absolute path:

path/to/file.txt -> "Relative"
/path/to/file.txt -> "Absolute"
./path/to/file.txt -> "Relative"

path/to/file.txt -> "Relative"
/path/to/file.txt -> "Absolute"
./path/to/file.txt -> "Relative"

I'm having trouble getting this to work with

Uri.TryCreate()

Uri.TryCreate()

. they all return

false

false

for their

IsAbsoluteUri

IsAbsoluteUri

properties, when at least the second one should be

true

true

. I'm not sure what properties or methods I should utilize to obtain the information I'm after.

Any pointers/tips?

C#•3y ago•

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