lua-basename

extract the base portion of a pathname.

Installation

luarocks install basename

name = basename( pathname )

extract the base portion of a pathname.

Parameters

• pathname:string: pathname string.

Returns

• name:string: the base portion of a pathname.

Example

local basename = require('basename')
print(basename('/foo/bar/baz.qux')) -- 'baz.qux'
-- the trailing-slashes will be deleted.
print(basename('///usr///bin///')) -- 'bin'