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Return root path of a directory

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Hello community

I have been researching routes in ColdFusion and I want to know if there is any function that returns the root node of the directory.

Example: C:\mydirectory\myotherdirectory

output: C:\

Example: D:\mydirectory\myotherdirectory

output: D:\

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#listfirst(expandpath('./'),'/')#

this should return the 'c:' part of the current directory

please note this might not work if you are in a shared environment.

and not too sure this will work on Linux

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createobject("java", "java.lang.System").getenv("SystemDrive")

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BeRadBCorrect answer

Inspiring

#listfirst(expandpath('./'),'/')#

this should return the 'c:' part of the current directory

please note this might not work if you are in a shared environment.

and not too sure this will work on Linux

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Iambradb.com Adobe ColdFusion Specialist.