ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToSystemFile(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v17.11.4

Source:

ToolLocationHelper.cs

Get a fully qualified path to a file in the system directory (i.e. %SystemRoot%\System32)

public:
 static System::String ^ GetPathToSystemFile(System::String ^ fileName);

public static string GetPathToSystemFile (string fileName);

static member GetPathToSystemFile : string -> string

Public Shared Function GetPathToSystemFile (fileName As String) As String

Parameters

fileName

String

File name to locate in the system directory

Returns

String

Path string.

Remarks

This API builds the full path plus filename for a file in the System folder. It doesn't check for the existence of the file prior to returning.