FsRtlDissectName function (ntifs.h)

Given a Unicode pathname string, the FsRtlDissectName routine returns two strings, one containing the first file name found in the string, the other containing the remaining unparsed portion of the pathname string.

Syntax

void FsRtlDissectName(
  [in]  UNICODE_STRING  Path,
  [out] PUNICODE_STRING FirstName,
  [out] PUNICODE_STRING RemainingName
);

Parameters

[in] Path

Pathname string to be parsed.

[out] FirstName

Pointer to the first file name in the pathname string.

[out] RemainingName

Pointer to the remaining unparsed portion of the pathname string.

Return value

None

Remarks

In the input string, backslashes are read as name separators. The first name in the string is assumed to consist of all characters from the beginning of the string to the character preceding the first backslash, inclusive. There is just one exception to this rule: if the first character in the input string is a backslash, this character is ignored and does not appear in the output string. The remaining portion of the string consists of all characters following the backslash that follows the first name found in the string.

FsRtlDissectName does not check for the presence of illegal characters in the input string.

The following table shows sample input and output values for FsRtlDissectName.

Path	FirstName	RemainingName
empty	empty	empty
A	A	empty
A\B\C\D\E	A	B\C\D\E
*A?	*A?	empty
\A	A	empty
A[,]	A[,]	empty
A\\B+;\C	A	\B+;\C

 

Note that upon returning, the Buffer members of the output parameters will point into the Buffer member of Path. Therefore, the caller should not allocate storage for the Buffer members of the two output parameters, as shown in the following example:

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/*
The FsRtlDissectName routine will set the members
of the following two structures appropriately:
*/
UNICODE_STRING CurrentComponent;
UNICODE_STRING RemainingComponent;

/*
Do not allocate storage for the Buffer members of CurrentComponent
and RemainingComponent in that they will point into the previously
allocated storage of FullPathName's Buffer member:
*/
FsRtlDissectName (FullPathName, &CurrentComponent, &RemainingComponent);
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For information about other string-handling routines, see Run-Time Library (RTL) Routines.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Target Platform	Universal
Header	ntifs.h (include Ntifs.h)
Library	NtosKrnl.lib
DLL	NtosKrnl.exe
IRQL	PASSIVE_LEVEL
DDI compliance rules	HwStorPortProhibitedDDIs(storport), PowerIrpDDis(wdm)

See also

UNICODE_STRING