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Path.IsPathRooted Method

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

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

public static bool IsPathRooted (
         string path
)

Parameters

  • path
    The path to test.

Return Value

true if path contains an absolute path; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method does not verify that the path or file name exists. IsPathRooted returns true for path strings such as "\\MyDir\\MyFile.txt" and "C:\\MyDir". It returns false for path strings such as "MyDir".

Version Information

Available in the .NET Micro Framework versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.

See Also

Reference

Path Class
Path Members
System.IO Namespace