PathUtil.IsDescendant(String, String) Method
Definition
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Indicates whether the a child path is a descendant of a parent directory. This is a purely textual computation indicating that the child could be a descendant of the parent; there is no file system interaction to determine whether child actually is a descendant of parent.
public:
static bool IsDescendant(System::String ^ parent, System::String ^ child);
public:
static bool IsDescendant(Platform::String ^ parent, Platform::String ^ child);
static bool IsDescendant(std::wstring const & parent, std::wstring const & child);
public static bool IsDescendant (string parent, string child);
static member IsDescendant : string * string -> bool
Public Function IsDescendant (parent As String, child As String) As Boolean
Parameters
- parent
- String
Parent directory
- child
- String
Prospective child file/directory
Returns
True if descendant, false if not