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<h1>dirname</h1>

<p>
Returns the directory name from a path name. <em>(version 4.69 or later)</em>
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<pre class="macro-syntax">
dirname &lt;strvar&gt; &lt;path&gt;
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<h2>Remarks</h2>

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Given a &lt;path&gt; pathname, this macro will delete any suffix beginning with the last slash('/') character and return the result into the &lt;strvar&gt; variable name.<br>
The pathname will need not be existed.
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<h2>Example</h2>

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dirname dir 'c:\teraterm\test.txt'
; dir = "c:\teraterm"
dirname dir 'c:\teraterm\'
; dir = "c:"
dirname dir 'c:\teraterm'
; dir = "c:"
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<h2>See also</h2>
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  <li><a href="basename.html">dirname</a></li>
  <li><a href="makepath.html">makepath</a></li>
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