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Reference for unit 'sysutils' (#rtl)

ExpandFileName

Expand a relative filename to an absolute filename.

Declaration

Source position: finah.inc line 27

function ExpandFileName(

const FileName: string

):string;

Description

ExpandFileName expands the filename to an absolute filename. It changes all directory separator characters to the one appropriate for the system first.

Errors

None.

ExpandFileNameCase		Expand a filename entered as case insensitive to the full path as stored on the disk.
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.

Example

Program Example33;

{ This program demonstrates the ExpandFileName function }

Uses sysutils;

Procedure Testit (F : String);

begin
  Writeln (F,' expands to : ',ExpandFileName(F));
end;

Begin
  Testit('ex33.pp');
  Testit(ParamStr(0));
  Testit('/pp/bin/win32/ppc386');
  Testit('\pp\bin\win32\ppc386');
  Testit('.');
End.

ExpandFileName

Declaration

Description

Errors

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Example