[#BloombergLP-bdls-PathUtil]
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Utility for platform‐independent filesystem path string manipulation.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdls_pathutil.h>`

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struct PathUtil;
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== Description

This struct contains utility methods for platform‐independent manipulation of filesystem paths. No method of this struct provides any filesystem operations or accesses the filesystem as part of its implementation.

== Static Member Functions

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/appendIfValid-0a.adoc[`appendIfValid`] 
| Append a relative filename to the end of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/appendRaw-084.adoc[`appendRaw`] 
| Append a filename to the end of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getBasename-04.adoc[`getBasename`] 
| Load the leaf (basename) element of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getDirname-0b.adoc[`getDirname`] 
| Load the directory part of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getExtension-0b.adoc[`getExtension`] 
| Load the extension of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getLeaf-0d.adoc[`getLeaf`] 
| Load the leaf element of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getRoot-04.adoc[`getRoot`] 
| Load the root portion of a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/getRootEnd.adoc[`getRootEnd`] 
| Return the position in a path of the character following the root.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/hasLeaf.adoc[`hasLeaf`] 
| Return whether a path has a leaf following the root.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/isAbsolute.adoc[`isAbsolute`] 
| Return whether a path is absolute.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/isRelative.adoc[`isRelative`] 
| Return whether a path is relative.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/popLeaf-0f.adoc[`popLeaf`] 
| Remove the leaf element from a path.
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/splitFilename.adoc[`splitFilename`] 
| Split a path into its head and last pathname component.
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== Static Data Members

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/bdls/PathUtil/k_SEPARATOR.adoc[`k_SEPARATOR`] 
| Character used as the preferred path separator on this platform.
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