Message-ID: <4AB3B147.80601@biostat.ku.dk>
Date: 2009-09-18T16:11:51Z
From: Peter Dalgaard
Subject: basename returns "." not in filename (PR#13958)
In-Reply-To: <20090918141511.30E4A282EF4E@mail.pubhealth.ku.dk>
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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