Subject Re: Getting Just the File Name from Getfile() From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Tue, 22 May 2018 21:36:08 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 5/22/2018 7:20 PM, Louis James wrote: > Firstly assume that I am in the folder F:\Data\2018\03-2018 > > if I use getfile(), in the following example: > >       f  = GETFILE("*Z*.xml","Select a File",.T.,"XML Files (*.xml)") > > I will get on the return something like: > > f = F:\Data\2018\03-2018\04-23-2018 The Long FileName.xml > > What I am interested in is JUST the filename without the path.  In this example: > > 04-23-2018 The LongFileName.xml > > How do I strip out the path and just get the filename.  Thank you for helping. cFile = getfile( "*.xml" ) // for testing: ? cFile // return only the filename from this string: cFile = right( cFile, len(cFile)-rat("\",cFile)) // for testing: ? cFile Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm