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os.dirname - Function

	Package	utility
	Module	misc
	Tool	os

get directory part in path names

Synopsis
dirname(pathname)

Description
After the path names are expanded to their full names (see above), it returns the directory part of each full name.

Example

  dos.dirname ('~mhaller')
/home/rzmws0

Arguments

pathname	in	path name
		Allowed:	vector of strings
		Default:	'.'

Returns
vector of strings

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