FilenameIsWinAbsolute

Determines if the specified value is an absolute file path (not a relative one).

Declaration

Source position: lazfileutils.pas line 46

Arguments

Function result

True when the file name is not a relative path.

Description

FilenameIsWinAbsolute is a Boolean function used to determine if the value in TheFilename contains an absolute file path (and not a relative one).

On Windows, the FilenameIsWinAbsolute function is called in the implementation of FilenameIsAbsolute. FilenameIsWinAbsolute takes Device identifiers into consideration when examine the value in TheFilename. For example:

D:\db\employee.fdb

The return value is False if TheFilename (without the optional device identifier) is an empty string (''), or does not start with the directory separator for the environment.