Path¶

Path Computations¶

commonPath realPath file.realPath

Path Manipulations¶

joinPath splitPath

Path Properties¶

basename dirname file.getParentName isAbsPath

Constant and Function Definitions¶

const curDir = "."¶

Represents generally the current directory

const parentDir = ".."¶

Represents generally the parent directory

const pathSep = "/"¶

Denotes the separator between a directory and its child.

proc basename(name: string): string¶

Returns the basename of the file name provided. For instance, in the name /foo/bar/baz, this function would return baz, while /foo/bar/ would yield the empty string. Note that this is different from the Unix basename function.

Arguments:	name : string -- a string file name. Note that this string does not have to be a valid file name, as the file itself will not be affected.

proc commonPath(paths: string ...?n): string¶

Determines and returns the longest common path prefix of all the string pathnames provided.

Arguments:	paths : string -- Any number of paths
Returns:	The longest common path prefix
Return type:	string

proc commonPath(paths: []): string

Determines and returns the longest common path prefix of all the string pathnames provided.

Arguments:	paths : array -- Any number of paths as an array
Returns:	The longest common path prefix
Return type:	string

proc dirname(name: string): string¶

Returns the parent directory of the file name provided. For instance, in the name /foo/bar/baz, this function would return /foo/bar, as would a call with /foo/bar/ as the argument.

Arguments:	name : string -- a string file name. Note that this string does not have to be a valid file name, as the file itself will not be affected.

proc file.getParentName(): string throws¶

Returns the parent directory of the file record. For instance, a file with path /foo/bar/baz would return /foo/bar

Will throw an error if one occurs.

Returns:	The parent directory of the file
Return type:	string

proc isAbsPath(name: string): bool¶

Determines whether the path specified is an absolute path.

Note

This is currently only implemented in a Unix environment. It will not behave correctly in a non-Unix environment.

Arguments:	name : string -- the path to be checked.
Returns:	true if name is an absolute path, false otherwise
Return type:	bool

proc joinPath(paths: string ...?n): string¶

Join and return one or more paths, putting precedent on the last absolute path seen. Return value is the concatenation of the paths with one directory separator following each non-empty argument except the last. Examples:

joinPath("/foo/bar", "/baz") will yield "/baz"

joinPath("/foo", "./baz") will yield "/foo/./baz"

joinPath("/foo/", "", "./baz") will also yield "/foo/./baz"

Arguments:	paths : string -- Any number of paths
Returns:	The concatenation of the last absolute path with everything following it, or all the paths provided if no absolute path is present
Return type:	string

proc realPath(name: string): string throws¶

Given a path name, attempts to determine the canonical path referenced. This resolves and removes any curDir and parentDir uses present, as well as any symbolic links. Returns the result

Will throw an error if one occurs.

Arguments:	name : string -- A path to resolve. If the path does not refer to a valid file or directory, an error will occur.
Returns:	A canonical version of the argument.
Return type:	string

proc file.realPath(): string throws¶

Determines the canonical path referenced by the file record performing this operation. This resolves and removes any curDir and parentDir uses present, as well as any symbolic links. Returns the result

Will throw an error if one occurs.

Returns:	A canonical path to the file referenced by this file record. If the file record is not valid, an error will occur
Return type:	string

proc splitPath(name: string): (string, string)¶

Split name into a tuple that is equivalent to (dirname, basename). The second part of the tuple will never contain a slash. Examples:

splitPath("foo/bar") will yield ("foo", "bar")

splitPath("bar") will yield ("", "bar")

splitPath("foo/") will yield ("foo", "")

splitPath("") will yield ("", "")

splitPath("/") will yield ("/", "")

With the exception of a path of the empty string or just "/", the original path can be recreated from this function's returned parts by joining them with the path separator character, either explicitly:

dirname + "/" + basename

or by calling joinPath:

joinPath(dirname, basename)

Arguments:	name : string -- path to be split