get_basename

Gets the last component of the filename.

If file_name ends with a directory separator it gets the component before the last slash. If file_name consists only of directory separators (and on Windows, possibly a drive letter), a single separator is returned. If file_name is empty, it gets ".".

Example: Get the basename:

public static int main (string[] args) {
	// Output: ``path.txt``
	string res = Path.get_basename ("/my/absolute/path.txt");
	print ("%s\n", res);

	// Output: ``path.txt``
	res = Path.get_basename ("../my/absolute/path.txt");
	print ("%s\n", res);

	return 0;
}

valac --pkg glib-2.0 GLib.Path.get_basename.vala

Parameters:

file_name

the name of the file

Returns:

a newly allocated string containing the last component of the filename