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PathGetPathRoot Method (String, Boolean)
[AlphaFS] Gets the root directory information of the specified path.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0
Syntax
public static string GetPathRoot(
	string path,
	bool checkInvalidPathChars
)

Parameters

path
Type: SystemString
The path from which to obtain root directory information.
checkInvalidPathChars
Type: SystemBoolean
will check path for invalid path characters.

Return Value

Type: String

Returns the root directory of path, such as "C:\", or if path is ,

or an empty string if path does not contain root directory information.

Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentExceptionThe path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
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