dirname

Return a directory name.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/utils-dirname

Usage

var dirname = require( '@stdlib/utils-dirname' );

dirname( path )

Returns a directory name.

var dir = dirname( './foo/bar/index.js' );
// returns './foo/bar'

Examples

var statSync = require( 'fs' ).statSync;
var path = require( 'path' );
var readDir = require( '@stdlib/fs-read-dir' ).sync;
var dirname = require( '@stdlib/utils-dirname' );

var files;
var fpath;
var base;
var stat;
var dir;
var i;

base = path.resolve( __dirname, '..' );
files = readDir( base );

for ( i = 0; i < files.length; i++ ) {
    fpath = path.join( base, files[ i ] );
    stat = statSync( fpath );
    if ( !stat.isDirectory() ) {
        dir = dirname( fpath );
        console.log( '%s --> %s', fpath, dir );
    }
}

See Also

• @stdlib/utils-extname: return a filename extension.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

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