dos_unexpandenv - dalefugier/DOSLib GitHub Wiki

Replaces certain folder names in a fully qualified path with their associated environment string.

Syntax

(dos_unexpandenv path)

Parameters

path

The path to be unexpanded. The following folder paths are replaced by their equivalent environment string:

Folder	Environment String
The All Users profile folder	%ALLUSERSPROFILE%
The current user's application data folder	%APPDATA%
The system name	%COMPUTERNAME%
The Program Files folder	%COMPUTERNAME%
The system root folder	%SystemRoot%
The system drive letter	%SystemDrive%
The current user's profile folder	%USERPROFILE%

Returns

The unexpanded path if successful.

The original path if unsuccessful.

Example

Command: (dos_unexpandenv "C:\\Users\\Dale\\AppData\\Roaming\\McNeel\Install.log")
"%APPDATA%\\McNeel\Install.log"