lua-dirname

extract the directory part of a pathname.

Installation

luarocks install dirname

dir = dirname( pathname )

extract the directory part of a pathname.

Parameters

• pathname:string: pathname string.

Returns

• dir:string: the directory part of a pathname.

Example

local dirname = require('dirname')

-- the trailing-slash will be deleted.
local dir = dirname('///usr///bin///')
print(dir) -- '/usr'