FILESPEC

 ──FILESPEC(option,filespec)──────

FILESPEC returns a selected element of filespec, a given file specification, identified by one of the following strings for option:

Drive

The drive letter of the given filespec.
Path
The directory path of the given filespec.
Name
The filename of the given filespec.

If the requested string is not found, then FILESPEC returns a null string (" ").

┴╓: Only the the initial letter of option is needed.

Here are some examples:

thisfile = "C:\OS2\UTIL\EXAMPLE.EXE"say FILESPEC("drive",thisfile)     /* says "C:"          */
say FILESPEC("path",thisfile)      /* says "\OS2\UTIL\"  */
say FILESPEC("name",thisfile)      /* says "EXAMPLE.EXE" */

part   =   " name "
say   FILESPEC ( part , thisfile )          / *   says   " EXAMPLE . EXE "   * /

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