Breaks a path name into components.
#include <stdlib.h>
void _splitpath( char *path, char *drive, char *dir, char *fname, char *ext );
| path | Full path name | |
| drive | Drive letter | |
| dir | Directory path | |
| fname | Filename | |
| ext | File extension |
The _splitpath routine breaks a full path name into its four components. The path argument should point to a buffer containing the complete path name. The maximum size necessary for each buffer is specified by the manifest constants _MAX_DRIVE, _MAX_DIR, _MAX_FNAME, and _MAX_EXT, defined in STDLIB.H. The other arguments point to the buffers used to store the path-name elements:
| Buffer | Description |
| drive | Contains the drive letter followed by a colon (:) if a drive is specified in path. |
| dir | Contains the path of subdirectories, if any, including the trailing slash. Forward slashes (/), backslashes (\), or both may be present in path. |
| fname | Contains the base filename without any extensions. |
| ext | Contains the filename extension, if any, including the leading period (.). |
The return parameters will contain empty strings for any path-name components not found in path. You can pass a NULL pointer to _splitpath for any component you don't wish to receive.
None.
Standards:None
16-Bit:DOS, QWIN, WIN, WIN DLL
32-Bit:DOS32X
/* MAKEPATH.C */
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main( void )
{
char path_buffer[_MAX_PATH];
char drive[_MAX_DRIVE];
char dir[_MAX_DIR];
char fname[_MAX_FNAME];
char ext[_MAX_EXT];
_makepath( path_buffer, "c", "\\c70\\clibref\\", "makepath", "c" );
printf( "Path created with _makepath: %s\n\n", path_buffer );
_splitpath( path_buffer, drive, dir, fname, ext );
printf( "Path extracted with _splitpath:\n" );
printf( " Drive: %s\n", drive );
printf( " Dir: %s\n", dir );
printf( " Filename: %s\n", fname );
printf( " Ext: %s\n", ext );
}
Path created with _makepath: c:\c70\clibref\makepath.c
Path extracted with _splitpath:
Drive: c:
Dir: \c70\clibref\
Filename: makepath
Ext: .c