Re: how having the basename of a file or directory

[Stefan Monnier]

> Yes thanks, that's work too, but it would be nice to do not have to take
> care of that:

> (file-name-nondirectory "path/to/a/directory")
> should return ==> directory

It does.

> (file-name-nondirectory "path/to/a/file")
> should return ==> file

It does.

> So modifying `file-name-nondirectory' or creating a basename function
> or macro like:

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

That won't work on (basename "/non/existing/thing/").
You really want to use (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name fname))


        Stefan