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Synopsis

dirname( string $path )

Strips the last level of the given pathname. On Windows, all '\' characters in $path (input as "\\") are replaced with '/'.

Return value

None

Arguments

Variable Name Variable Type Description
$path string Path string to strip

MEL examples

      string $path = "/usr/people/gamera/gamera.mel";
        string $dirname = dirname( $path );
        // Result: /usr/people/gamera //
  string $ntPath = "C:/aw/godzilla/hello.c";
        dirname( $ntPath );
        // Result: C:/aw/godzilla //