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how having the basename of a file or directory


From: Stephen J. Turnbull
Subject: how having the basename of a file or directory
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:30:30 +0900

Thierry Volpiatto writes:

 > (defun basename (fname)
 >   (if (file-directory-p fname)
 >       (let ((dirname (directory-file-name fname))) 
 >         (file-relative-name
 >          dirname (file-name-directory dirname)))
 >       (file-name-nondirectory fname)))

(file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name PATH))

should work (modulo I'm testing in XEmacs, but I can't imagine that we
differ in this respect).





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