Gets a value indicating whether the specified path string contains absolute or relative path information.
(in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Shared Function IsPathRooted ( _
path As String _
) As Boolean
Dim path As String
Dim returnValue As Boolean
returnValue = Path.IsPathRooted(path)
public static bool IsPathRooted(
string path
)
public:
static bool IsPathRooted(
String^ path
)
public static function IsPathRooted(
path : String
) : boolean
Return Value
Type:
System..::.Boolean
true if path contains an absolute path; otherwise, false.
This method does not verify that the path or file name exists.
IsPathRooted returns true for path strings such as "\\MyDir\\MyFile.txt" and "C:\\MyDir". It returns false for path strings such as "MyDir".
IsPathRooted returns true if the first character is a directory separator character, such as "\", or the second character is a volume separator character, such as the second slash in "\\".
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
The following code example demonstrates a use of the IsPathRooted property.
Dim fileName As String = "C:\mydir\myfile.ext"
Dim UncPath As String = "\\myPc\mydir\myfile"
Dim relativePath As String = "mydir\sudir\"
Dim result As Boolean
result = Path.IsPathRooted(fileName)
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", fileName, result)
result = Path.IsPathRooted(UncPath)
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", UncPath, result)
result = Path.IsPathRooted(relativePath)
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", relativePath, result)
' This code produces output similar to the following:
'
' IsPathRooted('C:\mydir\myfile.ext') returns True
' IsPathRooted('\\myPc\mydir\myfile') returns True
' IsPathRooted('mydir\sudir\') returns False
string fileName = @"C:\mydir\myfile.ext";
string UncPath = @"\\myPc\mydir\myfile";
string relativePath = @"mydir\sudir\";
bool result;
result = Path.IsPathRooted(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
fileName, result);
result = Path.IsPathRooted(UncPath);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
UncPath, result);
result = Path.IsPathRooted(relativePath);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
relativePath, result);
// This code produces output similar to the following:
//
// IsPathRooted('C:\mydir\myfile.ext') returns True
// IsPathRooted('\\myPc\mydir\myfile') returns True
// IsPathRooted('mydir\sudir\') returns False
String^ fileName = "C:\\mydir\\myfile.ext";
String^ UncPath = "\\\\myPc\\mydir\\myfile";
String^ relativePath = "mydir\\sudir\\";
bool result;
result = Path::IsPathRooted( fileName );
Console::WriteLine( "IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", fileName, result.ToString() );
result = Path::IsPathRooted( UncPath );
Console::WriteLine( "IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", UncPath, result.ToString() );
result = Path::IsPathRooted( relativePath );
Console::WriteLine( "IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}", relativePath, result.ToString() );
// This code produces output similar to the following:
//
// IsPathRooted('C:\mydir\myfile.ext') returns True
// IsPathRooted('\\myPc\mydir\myfile') returns True
// IsPathRooted('mydir\sudir\') returns False
var fileName : String = "C:\\mydir\\myfile.ext";
var UncPath : String = "\\\\myPc\\mydir\\myfile";
var relativePath : String = "mydir\\sudir\\";
var result : boolean;
result = Path.IsPathRooted(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
fileName, result);
result = Path.IsPathRooted(UncPath);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
UncPath, result);
result = Path.IsPathRooted(relativePath);
Console.WriteLine("IsPathRooted('{0}') returns {1}",
relativePath, result);
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The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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