Path

Object Hierarchy:

Description:

    var path = new Path ("/home/user/docs/file.txt");
    assert (path.extension () == ".txt");
    assert (path.isAbsolute () == true);
    assert (path.parent ().toString () == "/home/user/docs");

Content:

Static methods:

• public static string separator ()
  Returns the OS-specific path separator character.

Creation methods:

• public Path (string path)
  Construct Path object.

Methods:

• public Path abs ()
  Returns the absolute path. If the path is already absolute, returns a normalized version. If relative, prepends the current working directory and normalizes.
• public string basename ()
  Extract the base name (file name) from the file path.
• public List<string> components ()
  Splits the path into its individual components.
• public string dirname (string path)
  Extract the dirname from the file path.
• public bool endsWith (string suffix)
  Returns whether this path ends with the given suffix.
• public bool equals (Path other)
  Returns whether this path equals another path by comparing their string representations.
• public string extension ()
  Returns the file extension including the leading dot. Returns an empty string if the file has no extension.
• public bool isAbsolute ()
  Returns whether this path is absolute.
• public Path join (string part1, ...)
  Joins multiple path components to this path.
• public bool match (string pattern)
  Returns whether this path's basename matches the given glob pattern.
• public Path normalize ()
  Returns a normalized path by resolving "." and ".." segments.
• public Path parent ()
  Returns a new Path representing the parent directory.
• public Path? relativeTo (Path base_path)
  Computes the relative path from the given base path to this path.
• public Path resolve (string other)
  Resolves the given path against this path. If other is absolute, returns a new Path for other. Otherwise, joins this path with other.
• public bool startsWith (string prefix)
  Returns whether this path starts with the given prefix.
• public string toString ()
  Returns Path as a string.
• public string toUri ()
  Returns the file URI representation of this path.
• public string volumeName ()
  Returns the volume name component of the path.
• public string withoutExtension ()
  Returns the path without the file extension.

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