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Function std.path.stripDrive

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

Prototype

auto stripDrive(R)(
  R path
)
if (isRandomAccessRange!R && hasSlicing!R && isSomeChar!(ElementType!R) || is(StringTypeOf!R));

Parameters

NameDescription
path A pathname

Returns

A slice of path without the drive component.

Example

version (Windows)
{
    assert (stripDrive(d:\dir\file) == \dir\file);
    assert (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

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