* Get directory name?
@ 2008-08-27 20:38 Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-27 20:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-27 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2008-08-27 20:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Devel
I can't find a good way to get the last directory name from a directory
path using the current functions for file name handling. There must be
some way ...?
file-name-nondirectory does not work for a directory path (or, rather it
returns "" which is not what I want). Maybe there should be a
(defun directory-last-name (directory)
"Returns the last name in a directory path.
..."
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* Re: Get directory name?
2008-08-27 20:38 Get directory name? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2008-08-27 20:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-27 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2008-08-27 20:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emacs Devel
Lennart Borgman (gmail) wrote:
> I can't find a good way to get the last directory name from a directory
> path using the current functions for file name handling. There must be
> some way ...?
>
> file-name-nondirectory does not work for a directory path (or, rather it
> returns "" which is not what I want). Maybe there should be a
>
> (defun directory-last-name (directory)
> "Returns the last name in a directory path.
> ..."
Some more thoughts: Actually it can be implemented like this
(defun directory-last-name (directory)
"Returns the last name in a directory path."
(file-name-nondirectory
(expand-file-name "."
(file-name-as-directory directory))))
At least that works on w32. Any thoughts on adding this?
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2008-08-27 20:38 Get directory name? Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-27 20:44 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
@ 2008-08-27 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-08-27 21:08 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Monnier @ 2008-08-27 21:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lennart Borgman (gmail); +Cc: Emacs Devel
> I can't find a good way to get the last directory name from a directory
> path using the current functions for file name handling. There must be
> some way ...?
> file-name-nondirectory does not work for a directory path (or, rather it
> returns "" which is not what I want). Maybe there should be a
Not sure what "the last directory name from a directory path" means.
Do you mean
(file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name DIR))
-- Stefan
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* Re: Get directory name?
2008-08-27 21:06 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2008-08-27 21:08 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lennart Borgman (gmail) @ 2008-08-27 21:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Emacs Devel
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I can't find a good way to get the last directory name from a directory
>> path using the current functions for file name handling. There must be
>> some way ...?
>
>> file-name-nondirectory does not work for a directory path (or, rather it
>> returns "" which is not what I want). Maybe there should be a
>
> Not sure what "the last directory name from a directory path" means.
> Do you mean
>
> (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name DIR))
Ah, yes, thanks.
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