short_description:Split a Windows path by the drive letter
description:
- Returns a list with the first component being the drive letter and the second, the rest of the path.
- If the path contains a drive letter, drive will contain everything up to and including the colon.
- If the path contains a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path, drive will contain the host name and share, up to but not including the fourth separator.
options:
_input:
description:A Windows path.
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EXAMPLES:|
# To get the last name of a file Windows path, like ['C', '\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
# To get the last name of a file Windows path, like ['C:', '\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
{{mypath | win_splitdrive }}
# just the drive letter
# To get path from UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path, like ['//host/computer', '/dir/a'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
# just the drive letter, like ['C:'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
{{mypath | win_splitdrive | first }}
# path w/o drive letter, like ['\Users\asdf\foo.txt'] out of 'C:\Users\asdf\foo.txt'
{{mypath | win_splitdrive | last }}
# just the hostname and share, like ['//host/computer'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
{{mypath | win_splitdrive | first }}
# path w/o drive letter
# path w/o hostname and share, like ['/dir/a'] out of '//host/computer/dir/a'
{{mypath | win_splitdrive | last }}
RETURN:
_value:
description:List in which the first element is the drive letter and the second the rest of the path.
description:
- List in which the first element is the drive letter with colon and the second the rest of the path.
- In case of UNC path, first element is the hostname and share and the second the rest of the path.