File Name From Path...

Hi,

Is there a function for getting only the file name from a full Windows path? I seem to have this vague memory of one but can't remember it.

Thanks,
Nat Ryall.

Try this. Maybe, not the best way to do it, but you can start from that and build your own.

its very simple to do youself -- just look for the last '\' (or '/' in *nix) and the remainder of the string is the filename. Calling a function to do that is sort of a waste of time.

CString.ReverseFind("\\");

This can be used in combination with CString.Delete() to delete from 0 to whatever index ReverseFind returns. That will leave only the file name and its file type extension.

For instance:
"C:\somedirectory\somesubdirectory\somefile.txt"

ReverseFind("\\") would return 35 (the index of the last \).
Then Delete(0, 35) leaves just "somefile.txt"

Use splitpath() perhaps?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d..._wsplitpath.asp

man basename dirname
also interesting
man realpath resolvepath

guggach = "the *nix Nazi"...

hehe, you offered a reply to a question of mine a few days ago, I'm not familiar w/ *nix C/C++ at all, but rock on...