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ExtractFileDir

unit
Sysutils
category
file name utilities

declaration
function ExtractFileDir(const S: FullFileName): string;

description
Returns only directory or drive information parts of a string containing full path and file name.

If FullFileName contatins no directory or drive information, the result is FullFileName unchanged;

example
var sFullAppPath, sDirName : string;

sFullAppPath  := ParamStr(0);
sDirName := ExtractFileDir(sFullAppPath);

//sFullAppPath = c:\FirstDir\SecondDir\SuperAppName.exe
//sDirName = c:\FirstDir\SecondDir\

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
ExtractFileName, ExtractFileDrive,


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