PPWIZARD is a free preprocessor for HTML, REXX, Visual Basic or any text files.

_filespec()

This is a rexx function provided by PPWIZARD. This routine is named similar to an OS/2 specific call with a similar purpose, this PPWIZARD version works in all operating systems supported by PPWIZARD.

This function takes two parameters as follows:

1. The part of the filename to extract. Valid are (note you are also allowed to passed only the 1st character of each command):
   • basename - Base (example 'XCOPY')
   • drive - Drive (example 'C:')
   • extn - Extension (example 'EXE')
   • location - Location (example 'C:\OS2\')
   • name - Shortname (example 'XCOPY.EXE')
   • path - Path (example '\OS2\')
   • withoutextn - No extension (example 'C:\OS2\XCOPY')

2. The name of the file.

The return value is the extracted component you requested. It is important to note that a partial filename is not converted to its full name before extraction, the part is extracted from what you supply. It is also assumed that the filename is of a valid format.

Example

    ;--- Capture some HTML information ---
    #evaluate  ShortNameHtml  ^_filespec('name', '<?OutputFile>')^
    

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