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_splitpath, _wsplitpath

Visual Studio .NET 2003

Break a path name into components.

void _splitpath(
   const char *path,
   char *drive,
   char *dir,
   char *fname,
   char *ext 
);
void _wsplitpath(
   const wchar_t *path,
   wchar_t *drive,
   wchar_t *dir,
   wchar_t *fname,
   wchar_t *ext 
);

Parameters

path: Full path
drive: Optional drive letter, followed by a colon (:)
dir: Optional directory path, including trailing slash. Forward slashes ( / ), backslashes ( \ ), or both may be used.
fname: Base filename (no extension)
ext: Optional filename extension, including leading period (.)

Remarks

The _splitpath function breaks a path into its four components. _splitpath automatically handles multibyte-character string arguments as appropriate, recognizing multibyte-character sequences according to the multibyte code page currently in use. _wsplitpath is a wide-character version of _splitpath; the arguments to _wsplitpath are wide-character strings. These functions behave identically otherwise

Security Note These functions incur a potential threat brought about by a buffer overrun problem. Buffer overrun problems are a frequent method of system attack, resulting in an unwarranted elevation of privilege. For more information, see Avoiding Buffer Overruns.

Generic-Text Routine Mappings

TCHAR.H routine	_UNICODE & _MBCS not defined	_MBCS defined	_UNICODE defined
_tsplitpath	_splitpath	_splitpath	_wsplitpath

Each argument is stored in a buffer; the manifest constants _MAX_DRIVE, _MAX_DIR, _MAX_FNAME, and _MAX_EXT (defined in STDLIB.H) specify the maximum size necessary for each buffer. The other arguments point to buffers used to store the path elements. After a call to _splitpath is executed, these arguments contain empty strings for components not found in path. You can pass a NULL pointer to _splitpath for any component you don't need.

Requirements

Routine	Required header	Compatibility
_splitpath	<stdlib.h>	Win 98, Win Me, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP
_wsplitpath	<stdlib.h> or <wchar.h>	Win 98, Win Me, Win NT, Win 2000, Win XP

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility in the Introduction.

Libraries

All versions of the C run-time libraries.

Example

See the example for _makepath.

_splitpath, _wsplitpath

Parameters

Remarks

Requirements

Example

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