ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToSystemFile(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll

Assemblies:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.dll, Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v3.5.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.v4.0.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v15.9.20

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v16.11.0

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v17.9.5

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Get a fully qualified path to a file in the system directory (i.e. %SystemRoot%\System32)

public:
 static System::String ^ GetPathToSystemFile(System::String ^ fileName);

public static string GetPathToSystemFile (string fileName);

static member GetPathToSystemFile : string -> string

Public Shared Function GetPathToSystemFile (fileName As String) As String

Parameters

fileName: String

File name to locate in the system directory

Returns

String

Path string.

Remarks

This API builds the full path plus filename for a file in the System folder. It doesn't check for the existence of the file prior to returning.

Applies to