Path¶

Usage

use Path;

A file utilities library, specifically related to path operations

The Path module focuses on manipulation of the path to a file or directory. Also provided are constant values representing common idioms that may vary across operating systems (though rarely in the modern era), such as general references to a parent directory or the current directory.

Operations which occur on the files or directories referred to by these paths may be found in FileSystem (for operations on the file) or IO (for operations within the file).

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.

const curDir = "."¶

Represents generally the current directory

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.

const parentDir = ".."¶

Represents generally the parent directory

const pathSep = "/"¶

Denotes the separator between a directory and its child.

proc realPath(name: string): string¶

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 halt with an error message if one is detected.

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¶

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 halt with an error message if one is detected.

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:

dirname + "/" + basename

Arguments:	name : string -- path to be split