os.Path.basename
os.Path.basename() is used to return a string value standing for the last path element. The syntax of the method is as follows:
CALL os.Path.basename(file_name) RETURNING base_name
where
- file_name is a STRING variable standing for the file name,
- base_name is a STRING variable standing for the last path element.
As the function invocation extracts the last path element of the path, passing \root\dir001\file.txt as the parameter will return file.txt.
When you specify a file name, be careful with its case.
UNIX is case-sensitive, so it will treat files which names come in different cases as separate files.
To return the last component of the path, os.Path.dirname() should be used.
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