Reference for package '#rtl'

ExtractFilePath

Extract the path from a filename.

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 23

  function ExtractFilePath(const FileName: UNICODESTRING) : UNICODESTRING;
  function ExtractFilePath(const FileName: RAWBYTESTRING) : RAWBYTESTRING;

Description

ExtractFilePath returns the path part (including drive letter) from FileName. The path consists of all characters before the last directory separator character ('/' or '\'), including the directory separator itself. In case there is only a drive letter, that will be returned.

The full filename can always be reconstructed by concatenating the result of ExtractFilePath and ExtractFileName .

For an example, see ExtractFileDir .

Errors

None.

See also

Name Description
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.
ExtractFileName Extract the filename part from a full path filename.
ExtractFilePath Extract the path from a filename.
ExtractRelativePath Extract a relative path from a filename, given a base directory.