Return whether a path is absolute.

Synopsis

Declared in <bdls_pathutil.h>

static
bool
isAbsolute(
    std::string_view const& path,
    int rootEnd = ‐1);

Description

Return true if the specified path is absolute (has a root), and false otherwise. If the optionally specified rootEnd offset is non‐negative, it is taken as the position in path of the character following the root. See []and Performance). See also for the definition of root.

Return Value

true if path is absolute, and false otherwise

Parameters

Name

Description

path

filesystem path to examine

rootEnd

if non‐negative, position in path of the character following the root

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