HB_FNameDir

Extracts path portion of a file specification string

Syntax

      HB_FNameDir( <cFileSpec>  --> <cFilePath>

Arguments

<cFileSpec> : a character string to extract file path

Returns

<cFilePath> : path portion of <cFileSpec>

Note

<cFileSpec> may or may not include an ordinary file name at end. Function returns simply <cFileSpec> except last element <cFilePath> always include trailing OS path separator ( “\” )

Description

This function is used to extract path / dir portion of a full qualified file specification string. <cFileSpec> doesn’t require include an existing file / path info. This info can be optained by :

         HB_FNameSplit( cFileSpec, @cPath )
       OR
          ? IF( "\" $ cFileSpec, LEFT( cFileSpec, RAT( "\", cFileSpec ), 
               cFileSpec

Example

      ? HB_FNameDir( "c:\temp\NewDirDB" )          // c:\temp\
      ? HB_FNameDir( "c:\temp\NewDirDB\test.bat" ) // c:\temp\NewDirDB\

Seealso

HB_FNameName(), HB_FNameNameExt(), HB_FNameExt(), HB_FNameExtSetDef(), HB_FNameMerge(), HB_FNameSplit()