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PathCchStripToRoot function (pathcch.h)

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Removes all file and directory elements in a path except for the root information.

This function differs from PathStripToRoot in that it accepts paths with "\", "\?" and "\?\UNC" prefixes.

Note  This function should be used in place of PathStripToRoot to prevent the possibility of a buffer overrun.

Syntax

WINPATHCCHAPI HRESULT PathCchStripToRoot(
  [in, out] PWSTR  pszPath,
  [in]      size_t cchPath
);

Parameters

[in, out] pszPath

A pointer to the path string. When this function returns successfully, this string contains only the root information taken from that path.

[in] cchPath

The size of the buffer pointed to by pszPath, in characters.

Return value

This function returns S_OK if the path was truncated, S_FALSE if the path was already just a root, or an HRESULT failure code.

Remarks

Some examples of the effect of this function:

Initial string Final string
"C:\path1\path2\file" "C:\"
"\\path1\path2\path3" "\\path1\path2"
"\path1" "\"

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012 [desktop apps | UWP apps]
Target Platform Windows
Header pathcch.h
Library Pathcch.lib