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Function name : GetFullPathName

Group: File Management - Library: kernel32

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Retrieves the full path and file name of a specified file.

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Declaration:

DWORD GetFullPathName(
  LPCTSTR lpFileName,  // file name
  DWORD nBufferLength, // size of path buffer
  LPTSTR lpBuffer,     // path buffer
  LPTSTR *lpFilePart   // address of file name in path
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetFullPathName IN kernel32;
	STRING    lpFileName,;
	INTEGER   nBufferLength,;
	STRING  @ lpBuffer,;
	INTEGER @ lpFilePart  

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Parameters:

lpFileName [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string that specifies a valid file name. This string can use either short (the 8.3 form) or long file names.

nBufferLength [in] Specifies the size, in TCHARs, of the buffer for the drive and path.

lpBuffer [out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the null-terminated string for the name of the drive and path.

lpFilePart [out] Pointer to a buffer that receives the address (in lpBuffer) of the final file name component in the path.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the length, in TCHARs, of the string copied to lpBuffer, not including the terminating null character.

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Comments:

See also: GetLongPathName, GetShortPathName, GetModuleFileName, GetTempFileName, PathFindFileName, FindExecutable.

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