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equivalent skill function to the unix dirname command

kkdesbois

Hello,

Is there an API that returns the directory path of a full path, like unix dirname command


I currently use this syntax
(buildString (reverse (cdr (reverse (parseString (simplifyFilename fileName) "/")))) "/")

Is there a more elegant way to do the same?

Laurent.

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  • Aurel B

    Hi Laurent,

    I generally use : 

    (simplifyFilename (strcat path "/.."))

    Surprisingly it also works with file paths.

    Regards,

    Aurélien

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  • Aurel B

    Hi Laurent,

    I generally use : 

    (simplifyFilename (strcat path "/.."))

    Surprisingly it also works with file paths.

    Regards,

    Aurélien

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Aurel B

    I've always tended to use regular expressions. Something like:

    baseNamePat=pcreCompile("[^/]*$") ; could add a "/" at the beginning if you don't want a trailing / in the dirName
    dirName=pcreReplace(baseNamePat originalPath "" 1)

    Andrew

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