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ExtractShortPathName

Returns a 8.3 path name

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 28

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

Description

ExtractShortPathName returns a 8.3 compliant filename that represents the same file as FileName. On platforms other than windows, this is FileName itself.

See also

Name Description
ExtractFileName Extract the filename part from a full path filename.
ExtractFilePath Extract the path from a filename.