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Function std.path.driveName

Get the drive portion of a path.

auto driveName(R) (
  R path
)
if (isRandomAccessRange!R && hasSlicing!R && hasLength!R && isSomeChar!(ElementType!R) && !isSomeString!R);

auto driveName(C) (
  C[] path
)
if (isSomeChar!C);

Parameters

NameDescription
path string or range of characters

Returns

A slice of path that is the drive, or an empty range if the drive is not specified. In the case of UNC paths, the network share is returned.

Always returns an empty range on POSIX.

Example

import std.range : empty;
version (Posix)  assert(driveName("c:/foo").empty);
version (Windows)
{
    assert(driveName(`dir\file`).empty);
    writeln(driveName(`d:file`)); // "d:"
    writeln(driveName(`d:\file`)); // "d:"
    writeln(driveName("d:")); // "d:"
    writeln(driveName(`\\server\share\file`)); // `\\server\share`
    writeln(driveName(`\\server\share\`)); // `\\server\share`
    writeln(driveName(`\\server\share`)); // `\\server\share`

    static assert(driveName(`d:\file`) == "d:");
}

Authors

Lars Tandle Kyllingstad, Walter Bright, Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz, Thomas Kühne, Andrei Alexandrescu

License

Boost License 1.0