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    FExpand

    Expand a relative path to an absolute path.

    Declaration

    Source position: dosh.inc line 112

    function FExpand(const path: PathStr) : PathStr;

    Description

    FExpand takes its argument and expands it to a complete filename, i.e. a filename starting from the root directory of the current drive, prepended with the drive-letter or volume name (when supported).

    Remark:

    On case sensitive file systems (such as Unix and Linux), the resulting name is left as it is, otherwise it is converted to uppercase.

    Errors

    FSplit

    Example

    Program Example11;
uses Dos;

{ Program to demonstrate the FExpand function. }

begin
  WriteLn('Expanded Name of this program is ',FExpand(ParamStr(0)));
end.