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PathBuildRoot
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PathCompactPathEx
PathFileExists
PathFindExtension
PathFindFileName
PathFindOnPath
PathGetDriveNumber
PathGetShortPath
PathIsDirectory
PathIsNetworkPath
PathIsRelative
PathIsRoot
PathIsURL
PathRenameExtension
PathSearchAndQualify
UrlEscape
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UrlHash
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Converting path to original case
Converting path to original case

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CLEAR
CLEAR ALL
 
#DEFINE MAX_PATH 260
DO declare
 
? GetFullPath( _vfp.ServerName )
? FULLPATH( _vfp.ServerName )
 
? GetFullPath( "%systemroot\system32%" )
* end of main
 
FUNCTION GetFullPath( cPath As String ) As String
    LOCAL cFileSpec
 
    cPath = GetQualifiedPath(ExpandEnvStrings( m.cPath ))
 
    IF PathIsDirectory(m.cPath) = 0
        cFileSpec = JUSTFNAME(m.cPath)
        cPath = SUBSTR(m.cPath, 1, RAT(m.cFileSpec, m.cPath)-1)
    ELSE
        cFileSpec = ""
    ENDIF
 
    cPath = GetQualifiedPath(GetLongPath(GetShortPath( m.cPath )) +;
        IIF(EMPTY(cFileSpec), "", "\" + cFileSpec) )
RETURN m.cPath
 
FUNCTION ExpandEnvStrings( cStr As String ) As String
    LOCAL cBuffer
    cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), MAX_PATH)
    ExpandEnvironmentStrings( m.cStr, @cBuffer, MAX_PATH)
RETURN STRTRAN(m.cBuffer, CHR(0), "")
 
FUNCTION GetQualifiedPath( cStr As String ) As String
    LOCAL cBuffer
    cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), MAX_PATH)
    PathSearchAndQualify( m.cStr, @cBuffer, MAX_PATH)
RETURN STRTRAN(m.cBuffer, CHR(0), "")
 
FUNCTION GetShortPath( cStr As String ) As String
    LOCAL cBuffer
    cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), MAX_PATH)
    GetShortPathName( m.cStr, @cBuffer, MAX_PATH)
RETURN STRTRAN(m.cBuffer, CHR(0), "")
 
FUNCTION GetLongPath( cStr As String ) As String
    LOCAL cBuffer
    cBuffer = REPLICATE(CHR(0), MAX_PATH)
    GetLongPathName( m.cStr, @cBuffer, MAX_PATH)
RETURN STRTRAN(m.cBuffer, CHR(0), "")
 
PROCEDURE declare
    DECLARE INTEGER ExpandEnvironmentStrings IN kernel32;
        STRING lpSrc, STRING @lpDst, INTEGER nSize
 
    DECLARE INTEGER PathSearchAndQualify IN Shlwapi;
        STRING pcszPath, STRING @pszFullyQualifiedPath,;
        INTEGER cchFullyQualifiedPath
 
    DECLARE INTEGER GetShortPathName IN Kernel32;
        STRING lpszLongPath, STRING @lpszShortPath,;
        INTEGER cchBuffer
 
    DECLARE INTEGER GetLongPathName IN Kernel32;
        STRING lpszShortPath, STRING @lpszLongPath,;
        INTEGER cchBuffer
 
    DECLARE INTEGER PathIsDirectory IN Shlwapi;
        STRING pszPath
 

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Created: 2001-08-14 12:00:00  
Modified: 2011-01-24 13:17:00  
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My comment:
The presented procedure also expands environment string (like %SystemRoot%, %Public%, %Temp% and so on) in source path.

File names in some operating systems are case sensitive. This should be considered when, for example, exchanging files with Apache FTP server.
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