How to get filename from path, with or without _splitpath?

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Hi all.

I need to get filename and extension from a path. _splitpath seems to
be good for that, you would think that MS knows the rules of paths and
filenames. But MSDN warns about buffer over runs in splitpath
documentation.

Should I check for maximum pathlenght or what?

So is there any rules?

Or do I just search for last "\" for filename and last "." for
extension?

.

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