TrimAndExpandDirectory function
Cleans and resolves a relative path to a base directory.
Declaration
function TrimAndExpandDirectory(const Filename: string;
const BaseDir: string='') : stringArguments
Filename | Path information for the function. |
BaseDir | Base directory used to resolve a relative path. |
Function result
Path information cleaned and resolved to the specified base directory.
Description
TrimAndExpandDirectory is a
String function used to
remove whitespace and special characters in the path information, and to
resolve a relative path to the specified base directory.
TrimAndExpandDirectory calls ExpandFileNameUTF8 to resolve the
relative path, and calls TrimFilename to get the return value for
the function. The return value is an empty string ('') when
TrimFilename returns an empty string ('').
See also
An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.