TrimAndExpandFilename function

In unit LazFileUtils

Cleans and resolves a file path to the specified base directory name.

Declaration

pascal

function TrimAndExpandFilename(const Filename: string; 
                              const BaseDir: string='') : string

Arguments

`Filename`	File name for the function.
`BaseDir`	Base directory name used for a relative file path.

Function result

Cleaned and resolved file path.

Description

TrimAndExpandFilename is a String function used to remove whitespace and special characters in Filename, and to resolve the relative file path to the directory in BaseDir. TrimAndExpandFilename removes a trailing path delimiter in Filename, and calls ExpandFileNameUTF8 and TrimFilename to get the return value for the function.

The return value is an empty string ('') if Filename contains an empty string ('').

An experiment, built from development snapshots. Not the official Free Pascal or Lazarus documentation.