skip_root

Returns a pointer into file_name after the root component, i.

e. after the "/" in UNIX or "C:\" under Windows. If file_name is not an absolute path it returns null .

Example: Skip the root component:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Output: ``my/absolute/path.txt``
	string res = Path.skip_root ("/my/absolute/path.txt");
	print ("%s\n", res);

	// Output: ``(null)``
	res = Path.skip_root ("../my/absolute/path.txt");
	print ("%s\n", res);

	// Output: ``(null)``
	res = Path.skip_root ("./my/absolute/path.txt");
	print ("%s\n", res);
	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.Path.skip_root.vala

Parameters:

file_name

a file name

Returns:

a pointer into file_name after the root component