---
name: "al_get_fs_entry_name"
section: "3alleg5"
platform: "linux"
package: "allegro5-doc"
version: "2:5.2.10.1+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/al_get_fs_entry_name/3alleg5"
---

# al\_get\_fs\_entry\_name(3alleg5)

Allegro 5 API

## NAME

al\_get\_fs\_entry\_name - Allegro 5 API

## SYNOPSIS

-

  ```
  #include <allegro5/allegro.h>
  const char *al_get_fs_entry_name(ALLEGRO_FS_ENTRY *e)
  ```

## DESCRIPTION

Returns the entry’s filename path. Note that the filesystem encoding may not be known and the conversion to UTF-8 could in very rare cases cause this to return an invalid path. Therefore it’s always safest to access the file over its ALLEGRO\_FS\_ENTRY(3alleg5) and not the path.

On success returns a read only string which you must not modify or destroy. Returns NULL on failure.

Note: prior to 5.1.5 it was written: “... the path will not be an absolute path if the entry wasn’t created from an absolute path”. This is no longer true.