---
name: "SearchPathW"
section: "3w"
platform: "linux"
package: "libwine-dev"
version: "1.4.1-4"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SearchPathW"
---

# SearchPathW(3w)

## NAME

**SearchPathW** (KERNEL32.@)

## SYNOPSIS

DWORD SearchPathW\
  (\
   LPCWSTR *path*,\
   LPCWSTR *name*,\
   LPCWSTR *ext*,\
   DWORD   *buflen*,\
   LPWSTR  *buffer*,\
   LPWSTR\* *lastpart*\
  )

## DESCRIPTION

Searches for a specified file in the search *path*.

## PARAMS

*path* **\[In\]**  Path to search (**NULL** means default).

*name* **\[In\]**  Filename to search for.

*ext* **\[In\]**  File extension to append to file *name*. The first character must be a period. This parameter is specified only if the filename given does not contain an extension.

*buflen* **\[In\]**  size of *buffer*, in characters.

*buffer* **\[Out\]**  *buffer* for found filename.

*lastpart* **\[Out\]**  address of pointer to last used character in *buffer* (the final **'´**).

## RETURNS

**Success:** length of string copied into *buffer*, not including terminating **NULL** character. If the filename found is longer than the length of the *buffer*, the length of the filename is returned.

**Failure:** Zero.

## NOTES

If the file is not found, calls SetLastError(**ERROR\_FILE\_NOT\_FOUND**) (tested on **NT** **4.0**)

## IMPLEMENTATION

Declared in **"dbghelp.h"**.

Implemented in **"dlls/kernel32/path.c"**.

Debug channel **"file"**.