path-dirname

path-dirname

Node.js path.dirname() ponyfill

This was needed in order to expose path.posix.dirname() on Node.js v0.10

Install

$ npm install --save path-dirname

Usage

const pathDirname = require('path-dirname');

pathDirname('/home/foo');
//=> '/home'
pathDirname('C:\\Users\\foo');
//=> 'C:\\Users'
pathDirname('foo');
//=> '.'
pathDirname('foo/bar');
//=> 'foo'

//Using posix version for consistent output when dealing with glob escape chars
pathDirname.win32('C:\\Users\\foo/\\*bar');
//=> 'C:\\Users\\foo/'
pathDirname.posix('C:\\Users\\foo/\\*bar');
//=> 'C:\\Users\\foo'

API

See the path.dirname() docs.

pathDirname(path)

pathDirname.posix(path)

POSIX specific version.

pathDirname.win32(path)

Windows specific version.

License

MIT

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