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Reference for unit 'sysutils' (#rtl)

ExpandFileName

Expand a relative filename to an absolute filename.

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 29

function ExpandFileName(

const FileName: UnicodeString

):UnicodeString; function ExpandFileName(

const FileName: RawByteString

):RawByteString;

Description

ExpandFileName expands the filename to an absolute filename. It changes all directory separator characters to the one appropriate for the system first.

If an empty filename is passed, it is expanded to the current directory.

Errors

None.

ExpandFileNameCase		Expand a filename entered as case insensitive to the full path as stored on the disk.
ExtractFileName		Extract the filename part from a full path filename.
ExtractFilePath		Extract the path from a filename.
ExtractFileDir		Extract the drive and directory part of a filename.
ExtractFileDrive		Extract the drive part from a filename.
ExtractFileExt		Return the extension from a filename.
ExtractRelativePath		Extract a relative path from a filename, given a base directory.

Example

Program Example33;

{ This program demonstrates the ExpandFileName function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure Testit (F : String);

begin
  Writeln (F,' expands to : ',ExpandFileName(F));
end;

Begin
  Testit('ex33.pp');
  Testit(ParamStr(0));
  Testit('/pp/bin/win32/ppc386');
  Testit('\pp\bin\win32\ppc386');
  Testit('.');
End.

ExpandFileName

Declaration

Description

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