Path.GetPathRoot Method (String, Boolean)

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
)

Public Shared Function GetPathRoot ( 
	path As String,
	checkInvalidPathChars As Boolean
) As String

public:
static String^ GetPathRoot(
	String^ path, 
	bool checkInvalidPathChars
)

static member GetPathRoot : 
        path : string * 
        checkInvalidPathChars : bool -> string

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

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

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