DirectoryName

Usage

• DirectoryName["name"] extracts the directory name from the specification for a file.

Notes

• DirectoryName works differently on different computer systems.

• DirectoryName["directory"] is normally equivalent to ParentDirectory["directory"].

• DirectoryName["name", n] applies DirectoryName n times to name.

• DirectoryName yields output appropriate for use in SetDirectory and ToFileName.

• If name contains no directory specification, DirectoryName["name"] returns "".

• See also: $Input, Directory.

• New in Version 3.