FILE::BASE 1g 2024-11-10 laplante@plcb.ca GOWEB/FILE

title: “FILE::BASE Function” date: 2024-11-10 author: “laplante@plcb.ca” category: “GOWEB/FILE”

version: “1.0.0”

Name

file::base — Return the last element of a file path.

Synopsis

• file::base(file…, [error: variable])
  
• base(file…, [error: variable])

Description

The base function returns the last element of a path.
Trailing path separators are removed before extracting the last element.

• If the path is empty, base returns ".".
  
• If the path consists entirely of separators, base returns a single separator.

Parameters

• error : Catches the error if the file does not exist.

Examples

res={{
    base("", "a/b/c.txt");
}}.

return

res=[".","c.txt"].

Author

• laplante@plcb.ca

See also

• File functions
• Index

Version

• 1.0.0 2024-11-10 laplante@plcb.ca initial version