PathAppend function

Appends one path to the end of another.

Syntax

BOOL PathAppend(
  _Inout_ LPTSTR  pszPath,
  _In_    LPCTSTR pszMore
);

Parameters

pszPath [in, out]

Type: LPTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string to which the path specified in pszMore is appended. You must set the size of this buffer to MAX_PATH to ensure that it is large enough to hold the returned string.

pszMore [in]

Type: LPCTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be appended.

Return value

Type: BOOL

Returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE otherwise.

Remarks

This function automatically inserts a backslash between the two strings, if one is not already present.

The path supplied in pszPath cannot begin with "..\\" or ".\\" to produce a relative path string. If present, those periods are stripped from the output string. For example, appending "path3" to "..\\path1\\path2" results in an output of "\path1\path2\path3" rather than "..\path1\path2\path3".

Examples

#include <windows.h>
#include <iostream>
#include "Shlwapi.h"

using namespace std;

int main( void )
{
	// String for path name.
	char buffer_1[MAX_PATH] = "name_1\\name_2";
	char *lpStr1;
	lpStr1 = buffer_1;

	// String of what is being added.
	char buffer_2[ ] = "name_3";
	char *lpStr2;
	lpStr2 = buffer_2;

	cout << "The original path string is    " << lpStr1 << endl;
	cout << "The part to append to end is   " << lpStr2 << endl;
	bool ret = PathAppend(lpStr1,lpStr2);
	cout << "The appended path string is    " << lpStr1 << endl;
}

OUTPUT:
--------- 
The original path string is    name_1\name_2
The part to append to end is   name_3
The appended path string is    name_1\name_2\name_3

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