Dirname

Extract directory part from filename

Declaration

Source position: unixutil.pp line 29

function Dirname(

const path: PathStr

):PathStr;

Description

Returns the directory part of Path. The directory is the part of Path before the last slash, or empty if there is no slash. The last character of the result is not a slash, unless the directory is the root directory.

Errors

None.

Example

Program Example47;

{ Program to demonstrate the DirName function. }

Uses Unix,UnixUtil;

Var S : String;

begin
  S:=FExpand(Paramstr(0));
  Writeln ('This program is in directory : ',Dirname(S));
end.

Notes