Path

Struct · namespace System

struct Path

File names and paths, as strings: Path.Combine("src", "main.cshift"), Path.GetExtension(file), …

Paths may use / or \; the functions return / separators unless they say otherwise (Path.ToNative). Nothing here touches the file system except Path.GetFullPath and Path.GetRelativePath, which read the current directory.

Static methods

Name	Description
Combine	Joins two path parts with ‘/’ (an empty part is ignored, an absolute second part is returned as it is).
Normalize	All separators of path as /.
ToNative	The path with the separators of the operating system (for commands that are run by the shell).
GetDirectory	The directory part: “a/b/c.txt” -> “a/b”, “c.txt” -> “”.
GetFileName	The file name: “a/b/c.txt” -> “c.txt”.
GetExtension	The extension including the dot: “c.txt” -> “.txt”, “c” -> “”.
GetStem	The file name without directory and extension: “a/b/c.txt” -> “c”.
ChangeExtension	The same path with another extension: ChangeExtension("a/b.c", ".o") (or "o") is "a/b.o".
IsRooted	Whether path is absolute: "/x", "\\x" and "C:/x" are.
GetFullPath	The absolute path, with ‘/’ separators and without “.” and “..” parts (relative paths start at the current directory).
GetRelativePath	The path of ‘path’ relative to the directory ‘relativeTo’ (“../lib/a.txt”); both are made absolute first.

Combine

static string Combine(StringSlice a, StringSlice b)

Joins two path parts with ‘/’ (an empty part is ignored, an absolute second part is returned as it is).

Normalize

static string Normalize(StringSlice path)

All separators of path as /.

ToNative

static string ToNative(StringSlice path)

The path with the separators of the operating system (for commands that are run by the shell).

GetDirectory

static string GetDirectory(StringSlice path)

The directory part: “a/b/c.txt” -> “a/b”, “c.txt” -> “”.

GetFileName

static string GetFileName(StringSlice path)

The file name: “a/b/c.txt” -> “c.txt”.

GetExtension

static string GetExtension(StringSlice path)

The extension including the dot: “c.txt” -> “.txt”, “c” -> “”.

GetStem

static string GetStem(StringSlice path)

The file name without directory and extension: “a/b/c.txt” -> “c”.

ChangeExtension

static string ChangeExtension(StringSlice path, StringSlice extension)

The same path with another extension: ChangeExtension("a/b.c", ".o") (or "o") is "a/b.o".

IsRooted

static bool IsRooted(StringSlice path)

Whether path is absolute: "/x", "\\x" and "C:/x" are.

Since 0.04

GetFullPath

static string GetFullPath(StringSlice path)

The absolute path, with ‘/’ separators and without “.” and “..” parts (relative paths start at the current directory).

Since 0.04

GetRelativePath

static string GetRelativePath(StringSlice relativeTo, StringSlice path)

The path of ‘path’ relative to the directory ‘relativeTo’ (“../lib/a.txt”); both are made absolute first. On another drive the absolute path is returned.

Since 0.04