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Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:04:58 -0700
From: Tim Hoskins <hoskinst AT cadvision DOT com>
Organization: Anarchy Inc.
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Subject: Kill the path, keep the filename?
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<TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Can anybody out there help me figure out how
to cut the path off a filename?</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">IE: C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Netscape.exe</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I want to work with just the Netscape.exe
part...</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I'[m using _truename to get the LFN version
of the filename, but I keep getting errors when I try to do anything with
the filename.</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">I'm using DJGPP ( currentversion )</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Code Snippet:</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">char *newfilename;</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">newfilename = _truename(ffblk.name, NULL);</FONT></TT>
<BR><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">^</FONT></TT>
<BR><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">This here gives me an error when I'm compiling
the code.</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Any suggestions on a &lt;smoooth> way to truncate
the path off the filename?</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks</FONT></TT><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000"></FONT></TT>
<P><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Tim Hoskins</FONT></TT>
<BR><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">Anarchy Incorporated</FONT></TT>
<BR><TT><FONT COLOR="#000000">&lt;hoskinst AT cadvision DOT com></FONT></TT></HTML>

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