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path.getbasename

The path.getbasename function returns the base file portion of a path, with the directory and file extension removed.

#!lua
p = path.getbasename("path")

Parameters

path is the file system path to be split.

Return Value

The base name portion of the supplied path, with any directory and file extension removed.