Reference for package '#rtl'

FSplit

Split a full-path filename in parts.

Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 113

  procedure FSplit(path: PathStr; var dir: DirStr; var name: NameStr; 
                  var ext: ExtStr);

Description

FSplit splits a full file name into 3 parts : A Path, a Name and an extension (in ext.) The extension is taken to be all letters after the last dot (.). For Dos, however, an exception is made when LFNSupport=False, then the extension is defined as all characters after the first dot.

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
FSearch Search a file in searchpath

Example

program Example12;
uses Dos;
{ Program to demonstrate the FSplit function. }
var dir:dirstr;
    name:namestr;
    ext:extstr;
begin
  FSplit(ParamStr(1),dir,name,ext);
  WriteLn('Splitted ',ParamStr(1),' in:');
  WriteLn('Path     : ',dir);
  WriteLn('Name     : ',name);
  WriteLn('Extension: ',ext);
end.