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PathFindFileNameW function (shlwapi.h)

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Searches a path for a file name.

Syntax

LPCWSTR PathFindFileNameW(
  [in] LPCWSTR pszPath
);

Parameters

[in] pszPath

Type: PTSTR

A pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to search.

Return value

Type: PTSTR

Returns a pointer to the address of the string if successful, or a pointer to the beginning of the path otherwise.

Remarks

Note

The shlwapi.h header defines PathFindFileName as an alias that automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that is not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header shlwapi.h
Library Shlwapi.lib
DLL Shlwapi.dll (version 4.71 or later)