Path.IsPathRooted Method (String)

PathIsPathRooted Method (String)

Gets a value indicating whether the specified path string contains absolute or relative path information.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem
Assembly: AlphaFS (in AlphaFS.dll) Version: 2.0

Syntax

public static bool IsPathRooted(
	string path
)

Public Shared Function IsPathRooted ( 
	path As String
) As Boolean

public:
static bool IsPathRooted(
	String^ path
)

static member IsPathRooted : 
        path : string -> bool

Parameters

path: Type: SystemString
The path to test. The path cannot contain any of the characters defined in GetInvalidPathChars.

Return Value

Type: Boolean
if path contains a root; otherwise, .

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The path parameter contains invalid characters, is empty, or contains only white spaces.
ArgumentNullException

Remarks

The IsPathRooted method returns true if the first character is a directory separator character such as DirectorySeparatorChar, or if the path starts with a drive letter and colon (VolumeSeparatorChar). For example, it returns true for path strings such as "\\MyDir\\MyFile.txt", "C:\\MyDir", or "C:MyDir". It returns for path strings such as "MyDir".

Remarks

This method does not verify that the path or file name exists.

Reference

Path Class

IsPathRooted Overload

Alphaleonis.Win32.Filesystem Namespace