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ExtractFilePath

Extract the path from a filename.

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 24

function ExtractFilePath(

  const FileName: String

):String;

Description

ExtractFilePath returns the path part (including driveletter) 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 reconstucted by concatenating the result of ExtractFilePath and ExtractFileName.

For an example, see ExtractFileDir.

Errors

None.

See also

ExtractFileName

  

Extract the filename part from a full path filename.

ExtractFilePath

  

Extract the path from a filename.

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.

ExtractRelativePath

  

Extract a relative path from a filename, given a base directory.

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