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Function `std.path.stripDrive`

Strips the drive from a Windows path. On POSIX, the path is returned unaltered.


						
				auto stripDrive(R)
				(
				

				  R path
				

				)
				

				if (isRandomAccessRange!R && hasSlicing!R && isSomeChar!(ElementType!R) && !isSomeString!R);
				

				

				auto stripDrive(C)
				(
				

				  C[] path
				

				)
				

				if (isSomeChar!C);

Parameters

Name	Description
path	A pathname

Returns

A slice of path without the drive component.

Example

version (Windows)
{
    writeln(stripDrive(`d:\dir\file`)); // `\dir\file`
    writeln(stripDrive(`\\server\share\dir\file`)); // `\dir\file`
}

Authors

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

License

Boost License 1.0