Reference for package '#rtl'

FSearch

Search a file in searchpath

Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 111

  function FSearch(path: PathStr; dirlist: string) : PathStr;

Description

FSearch searches the file Path in all directories listed in DirList. The full name of the found file is returned. DirList must be a list of directories, separated by semi-colons. When no file is found, an empty string is returned.

Remark

On Unix systems, DirList can also be separated by colons, as is customary on those environments. !!!

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
FExpand Expand a relative path to an absolute path

Example

program Example10;
uses Dos;
{ Program to demonstrate the FSearch function. }
var s:pathstr;
begin
  s:=FSearch(ParamStr(1),GetEnv('PATH'));
  if s='' then
    WriteLn(ParamStr(1),' not Found in PATH')
  else
    Writeln(ParamStr(1),' Found in PATH at ',s);
end.