Unit 'Dos' Package
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FSplit

Split a full-path filename in parts.

Declaration

Source position: dosh.inc line 113

procedure FSplit(

  path: PathStr;

  var dir: DirStr;

  var name: NameStr;

  var ext: ExtStr

);

Description

FSplit splits a full file name into 3 parts : A Path, a Name and an extension (in ext.) The extension is taken to be all letters after the last dot (.). For Dos, however, an exception is made when LFNSupport=False, then the extension is defined as all characters after the first dot.

Errors

None.

See also

FSearch

  

Search a file in searchpath.

Example

program Example12;

uses Dos;

{ Program to demonstrate the FSplit function. }

var dir:dirstr;
    name:namestr;
    ext:extstr;

begin
  FSplit(ParamStr(1),dir,name,ext);
  WriteLn('Splitted ',ParamStr(1),' in:');
  WriteLn('Path     : ',dir);
  WriteLn('Name     : ',name);
  WriteLn('Extension: ',ext);
end.
Documentation generated on: Oct 26 2025