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Splitting a Path into All of Its Parts

Problem

You want to split a path into all of its components.

Solution

explode-path in mzlib's file.ss will do this.

> (explode-path "C:\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc")
("C:\\" "winnt" "system32" "drivers" "etc")

Discussion

explode-path requires that a path be normalized, i.e. symbolic links resolved and not a relative path. You can use normalize-path to get a normalized path:

> (current-directory)
"C:\\Program Files\\PLT"
> (explode-path "..\\..\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc")
explode-path: expects argument of type <path in normal form>; given "..\\..\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc"
> (explode-path 
  (normalize-path "..\\..\\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc"))
("C:\\" "winnt" "system32" "drivers" "etc")

-- GordonWeakliem - 30 Apr 2004

Current Rev: r1.1 - 30 Apr 2004 - 04:06 GMT - GordonWeakliem, Revision History:Diffs | r1.2 | > | r1.1

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