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ChangeFileExt

unit
Sysutils
category
file name utilities

declaration
function ChangeFileExt(const S: FullFileName, NewExt): string;

description
Changes the extension part of a string containing full path and file name.

The ChangeFileExt does not create or rename a file - it just returns a string containing a file name with NewExt extension. The NewExt string should start with a dot.

example
var sAppName, sAppOld : string;

sAppName := ParamStr(0);
sAppOld := ChangeFileExt(sAppName,'.OLD');

//sAppName = c:\FirstDir\SecondDir\SuperAppName.exe
//sAppOld = c:\FirstDir\SecondDir\SuperAppName.OLD

in real code
Searching for Files
Stop. This is the one and only solution to file searching. Use Delphi to find any file in any directory and/or subdirectory that match a certain mask. Start searching.

see also
ExtractFileExt,


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