c++ how to remove filename from path string

Question

I have

const char *pathname = \"..\\somepath\\somemorepath\\somefile.ext\";

how to transform that into

\"..\\somepath\\som         


        

Answer 1

PathRemoveFileSpec(...) you dont need windows 8 for this. you will need to include Shlwapi.h and Shlwapi.lib but they are winapi so you dont need any special SDK