dirname | /path/posix/mod.ts | std@0.222.1

The Deno Standard Library

function dirname

import { dirname } from "https://deno.land/std@0.222.1/path/posix/mod.ts";

dirname(path: string): string

Return the directory path of a path.

Examples

Example 1

import { dirname } from "https://deno.land/std@0.222.1/path/dirname.ts";

console.log(dirname("/home/user/Documents/")); // "/home/user"
console.log(dirname("/home/user/Documents/image.png")); // "/home/user/Documents"

Parameters

path: string

path to extract the directory from.

Returns

string