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dirname()


Method dirname

string dirname(string x)

Description

Returns all but the last segment of a path. Some example inputs and outputs:

ExpressionValue
dirname("/a/b")"/a"
dirname("/a/")"/a"
dirname("/a")"/"
dirname("/")"/"
dirname("")""

See also

basename() , explode_path()

Module reference for Pike v7.8 release 116, 2008-12-31