basename returns "." not in filename (PR#13958)
joehl at web.de wrote:
Full_Name: Jens Oehlschl?gel Version: 2.9.2 OS: Win32 Submission from: (NULL) (85.181.152.156) # Obviously an empty basename is allowed (if the filepath is a pure path)
basename("/")
[1] "" # but here we get the dot from the path
basename("./")
[1] "."
Command line utility does likewise: viggo:~/>basename ./ . Point is, I gather, that trailing slashes are removed, e.g., viggo:~/>basename foo/ foo So, not a bug.
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