ExtractFileDir

Extract the drive and directory part of a filename.

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 27

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

Description

ExtractFileDir returns only the directory part of FileName, including a drive letter. The directory name has NO ending directory separator, in difference with ExtractFilePath .

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.

Example

Program Example34;
{ This program demonstrates the ExtractFileName function }
{$H+}
Uses sysutils;
Procedure Testit(F : String);
begin
 Writeln ('FileName      : ',F);
 Writeln ('Has Name      : ',ExtractFileName(F));
 Writeln ('Has Path      : ',ExtractFilePath(F));
 Writeln ('Has Extension : ',ExtractFileExt(F));
 Writeln ('Has Directory : ',ExtractFileDir(F));
 Writeln ('Has Drive     : ',ExtractFileDrive(F));
end;
Begin
  Testit (Paramstr(0));
  Testit ('/usr/local/bin/mysqld');
  Testit ('c:\pp\bin\win32\ppc386.exe');
  Testit ('/pp/bin/win32/ppc386.exe');
End.