Class PathHelpers
Various utilities that should be provided via System.IO.Path.
Inheritance
Namespace: Xamarin
Assembly: Xamarin.Helpers.dll
Syntax
public static class PathHelpersMethods
| Improve this Doc View SourceFindProgramPath(String, IEnumerable<String>)
Locates the path of a program in the system, first searching in preferPaths
if specified, then falling back to the paths in PATH environment variable. The first search
path to yield a match for programName will be used to resolve the absolute
path of the program.
Declaration
public static string FindProgramPath(string programName, IEnumerable<string> preferPaths = null)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String | programName | The name of the program to find. Do not specify a file extension. See remarks. |
| System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.String> | preferPaths | Paths to search in preference over the |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String |
Remarks
The functionality is analogous to the which command on Unix systems, and works on Windows
as well. On Windows, PATHEXT is also respected. On Unix, files ending with .exe will
also be returned if found - that is, one should not specify an extension at all in
programName. Finally, programName comparison is case
insensitive! For example, msbuild may yield /path/to/MSBuild.exe.
MakeRelativePath(String, String)
Makes path relative to basePath.
Declaration
public static string MakeRelativePath(string basePath, string path)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String | basePath | |
| System.String | path |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String |
NormalizePath(String)
Returns a path with / and \ directory separators normalized to System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.
Declaration
public static string NormalizePath(string path)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String | path |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String |
ResolveFullPath(String[])
A more exhaustive version of System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(System.String)
that additionally resolves symlinks via realpath on Unix systems. The path
returned is also trimmed of any trailing directory separator characters.
Declaration
public static string ResolveFullPath(params string[] pathComponents)Parameters
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| System.String[] | pathComponents | The path components to resolve to a full path. If multiple path compnents are specified, they are combined with System.IO.Path.Combine(System.String,System.String) before resolving. |
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| System.String | Returns |