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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 path_dirname Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Get the directory name part of a pathname

Syntax

String_Type path_dirname (String_Type path)

Description

The path_dirname function returns the directory name associated with a specified pathname.

On systems that include a drive specifier as part of the pathname, the value returned by this function will include the driver specifier.

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