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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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