Category : Dbase (Clipper, FoxBase, etc) Languages Source Code
Archive : RLIB.ZIP
Filename : RL_PAREN.PRG
Output of file : RL_PAREN.PRG contained in archive : RLIB.ZIP
* Author....: Richard Low
* Syntax....: PARENT( [
* Returns...: Character name of the current directory's parent directory.
* If the current directory is the root directory, then the
* root directory ('\') is returned.
* Parameters: Optional name of directory to give parent for.
FUNCTION PARENT
PARAMETER p_dir
PRIVATE f_drive
*-- if a directory name is not provided, get the current directory
IF TYPE('p_dir') != 'C'
p_dir = CURDIR()
ENDIF
*-- assume no drive letter was given
f_drive = ''
*-- if they provided a drive letter, save it then strip it off
IF SUBSTR(p_dir,2,1) = ':'
f_drive = SUBSTR(p_dir,1,2)
*-- if only a drive letter given, get current directory for that drive
IF LEN(p_dir) = 2
p_dir = CURDIR(p_dir)
ELSE
*-- otherwise, isolate the directory part from the drive letter
p_dir = SUBSTR(p_dir,3)
ENDIF
ENDIF
*-- strip the '\' from the front of the directory name if it is there
IF SUBSTR(p_dir,1,1) = '\'
p_dir = SUBSTR(p_dir,2)
ENDIF
*-- if there are no more backslashes in the directory name, then will
*-- be only one directory level deep, so return the root directory
IF .NOT. '\' $ p_dir
RETURN f_drive + '\'
ENDIF
*-- otherwise, parse and strip off the trailing directory
*-- if directory = '\APPS\CLIPPER\TEST' this will return '\APPS\CLIPPER'
*-- if directory = 'F:\USERS\RICHARD' this will return 'F:\USERS'
RETURN ( f_drive + '\' + SUBSTR( p_dir, 1, RAT('\',p_dir)-1 ) )
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