Method folders.unexpandPath(+ 2 overloads)
Overload
If string starts with a known/special folder path, gets folder name + relative path and returns true.
For example if string is "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe", gets "folders.System" and "notepad.exe".
public static bool unexpandPath(string path, out string folder, out string name)Parameters
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path (string)
Any string. Can be |
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folder (string)
Receives special folder string like |
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name (string)
Receives filename or relative path in the folder. |
Returns
Remarks
Quite slow first time in process, eg 50 ms, because gets all folder paths. Later uses cached paths.
See Also
Overload(next)
If string starts with a known/special folder path, replaces that part with %folders.FolderName%. Else returns unchanged string.
For example if string is "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe", returns "%folders.System%\notepad.exe".
public static string unexpandPath(string path)Parameters
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path (string)
Any string. Can be |
Returns
Overload(top)
If path starts with one of specified folder paths, replaces that part with the replacements string. Else returns unchanged string.
public static string unexpandPath(string path, params (string folder, string replacement)[] list)Parameters
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path (string)
Any string. Can be |
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list ((string folder, string replacement)[])
Folder paths and replacement strings. |
Returns
Examples
var s = folders.Documents + "file.txt";
//var s = folders.Temp + "file.txt";
print.it(s);
print.it(folders.unexpandPath(s, (folders.Temp, "%temp%"), (folders.Documents, "%folders.Documents%")));