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baseFilename -- the base part of a filename or path

Usage:

baseFilename fn
Inputs:
- fn, a string, a filename or path
Outputs:
- the last component of the path

Description

i1 : baseFilename "/a/b/dir/"

o1 = dir

i2 : baseFilename "/a/b/file"

o2 = file

See also

File -- the class of all files
minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name
relativizeFilename -- relativize a file name
toAbsolutePath -- the absolute path version of a file name
searchPath -- search a path for a file
path -- list of directories to look in

For the programmer

The object baseFilename is a function closure.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_system.m2:1362:0.