Modern Fs GlobRoot

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GlobRoot

Returns the folder a pattern search starts from: the part before the first wildcard.

Syntax

GlobRoot( pattern )

Notes

• the directory a pattern will be walked from

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

'' The directory a pattern will be walked FROM -- the fixed prefix
'' before the first wildcard
print GlobRoot( "C:\dev\src\*.tiko" )     '' C:\dev\src
print GlobRoot( "C:\dev\**\*.tiko" )      '' C:\dev

'' A pattern with no wildcard at all is its own parent
print GlobRoot( "C:\dev\main.tiko" )       '' C:\dev

'' Pure: it parses the pattern and touches nothing

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
Documented under: Glob