ShlwApiPathRemoveBackslash Method

Note: This API is now obsolete.
Removes the trailing backslash from a given path.

Note: This function is deprecated. We recommend the use of the PathCchRemoveBackslash(StringBuilder, UInt32) or PathCchRemoveBackslashEx(StringBuilder, UInt32, IntPtr, UInt32) function in its place

Definition

Namespace: DevCase.Win32.NativeMethods
Assembly: DevCase.net48 (in DevCase.net48.dll) Version: 6.0.0.0 (6.0)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.
[DllImportAttribute("ShlwApi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, BestFitMapping = false, 
	ThrowOnUnmappableChar = true, SetLastError = true)]
[ObsoleteAttribute("This function is deprecated. We recommend the use of the NativeMethods.PathCchRemoveBackslash or NativeMethods.PathCchRemoveBackslashEx function in its place.", 
	false)]
public static IntPtr PathRemoveBackslash(
	StringBuilder path
)

Parameters

path  StringBuilder
A pointer to a null-terminated string of length MAX_PATH that contains the path from which to remove the backslash.

Return Value

IntPtr
A pointer that, when this function returns successfully and if a backslash has been removed, points to the terminating null character that has replaced the backslash at the end of the string.

If the path did not include a trailing backslash, this value will point to the final character in the string.

Remarks

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