ICI Modules: path

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Modules by name : by type

Overview

The path module provides various functions for manipulating file system pathnames stored in strings. These functions allow pathnames to be split into their components, pathnames to be formed from components and the extraction of various portions of pathnames.

Interface

The module provides the following functions and externally visible variables,

• path.separator - path element separator

• path.join - join two or more componenents to form a path

• path.split - split a path into its components

• path.basename - return filename portion from a pathname

• path.dirname - return directory name portion of a pathname

• path.extension - return the filename extension