| basename {base} | R Documentation |
Manipulate File Paths
Description
basename removes all of the path up to the last path separator
(if any).
dirname returns the part of the path up to (but
excluding) the last path separator, or "." if there is no path
separator.
Usage
basename(path)
dirname(path)
Arguments
path |
character vector, containing path names. |
Details
For dirname tilde expansion is done: see the description of
path.expand.
Trailing file separators are removed before dissecting the path,
and for dirname any trailing file separators are removed
from the result.
If an element of path is NA, so is the result.
Value
A character vector of the same length as path. A zero-length
input will give a zero-length output with no error.
See Also
file.path, path.expand.
Examples
basename(file.path("","p1","p2","p3", c("file1", "file2")))
dirname(file.path("","p1","p2","p3","filename"))