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BOOL LocalURLToFilePath()

Description

Converts the specified file:// URL to a local drive path.

Arguments

const char* localURL, char* drivePathBuf, int drivePathMaxLen

The first argument is the path to a local file, expressed as a file:// URL.
The second argument is the buffer where the local drive path should be stored.
The third argument is the maximum size of drivePathBuf.

Returns

A Boolean value indicating whether the operation was successful; stores the local drive path in drivePathBuf.