basename Returns trailing name component of path &reftitle.description; stringbasename stringpath stringsuffix Given a string containing the path to a file or directory, this function will return the trailing name component. &reftitle.parameters; path A path. On Windows, both slash (/) and backslash (\) are used as directory separator character. In other environments, it is the forward slash (/). suffix If the name component ends in suffix this will also be cut off. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns the base name of the given path. &reftitle.examples; ]]> &example.outputs; &reftitle.notes; basename operates naively on the input string, and is not aware of the actual filesystem, or path components such as "..". basename is locale aware, so for it to see the correct basename with multibyte character paths, the matching locale must be set using the setlocale function. &reftitle.seealso; dirname pathinfo