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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%2F%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">`/`</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">head</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tail</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">inline</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>The same as <a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(head, tail: string): string" href="#joinPath,string,string">joinPath(head, tail) proc</a>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/../`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/../,string,string">/../ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(head, tail: string): string" href="#joinPath,string,string">joinPath(head, tail) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(parts: varargs[string]): string" href="#joinPath,varargs[string]">joinPath(parts: varargs[string]) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="uri.html#combine,Uri,Uri">uri.combine proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="uri.html#/,Uri,string">uri./ proc</a></li>
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<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib/&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;../bin&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/bin&quot;</span></pre>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#%2F..%2F%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">`/../`</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">head</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tail</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>The same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parentDir(head) / tail</span></tt>, unless there is no parent directory. Then <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">head / tail</span></tt> is performed instead.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/,string,string">/ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc parentDir(path: string): string" href="#parentDir,string">parentDir proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/../</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;d/e&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/d/e&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">/../</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;d/e&quot;</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/d/e&quot;</span></pre>
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<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#absolutePath%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">absolutePath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">root</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">supportedSystem</span><span class="Other">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">getCurrentDir</span><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span>
<span class="Keyword">else</span><span class="Other">:</span>
<span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">ValueError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
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<p>Returns the absolute path of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt>, rooted at <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">root</span></span></tt> (which must be absolute; default: current directory). If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> is absolute, return it, ignoring <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">root</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc normalizedPath(path: string): string" href="#normalizedPath,string">normalizedPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc normalizePath(path: var string)" href="#normalizePath,string">normalizePath proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">absolutePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Identifier">getCurrentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">/</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="addFileExt-procs-all">
<div id="addFileExt,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#addFileExt%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">addFileExt</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">filename</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Adds the file extension <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">filename</span></span></tt>, unless <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">filename</span></span></tt> already has an extension.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Ext</span></span></tt> should be given without the leading <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'.'</span></span></tt>, because some filesystems may use a different character. (Although I know of none such beast.)</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc searchExtPos(path: string): int" href="#searchExtPos,string">searchExtPos proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc changeFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#changeFileExt,string,string">changeFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">addFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">addFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">addFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.baz&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="changeFileExt-procs-all">
<div id="changeFileExt,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#changeFileExt%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">changeFileExt</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">filename</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Changes the file extension to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>If the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">filename</span></span></tt> has no extension, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt> will be added. If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt> == &quot;&quot; then any extension is removed.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">Ext</span></span></tt> should be given without the leading <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'.'</span></span></tt>, because some filesystems may use a different character. (Although I know of none such beast.)</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc searchExtPos(path: string): int" href="#searchExtPos,string">searchExtPos proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc addFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#addFileExt,string,string">addFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">changeFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.baz&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">changeFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">changeFileExt</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;baz&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo.baz&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="cmpPaths-procs-all">
<div id="cmpPaths,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#cmpPaths%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">cmpPaths</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">pathA</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">pathB</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Compares two paths.</p>
<p>On a case-sensitive filesystem this is done case-sensitively otherwise case-insensitively. Returns:</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="DecNumber">0</span></span></tt> if pathA == pathB<br/><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">&lt;</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span></span></tt> if pathA &lt; pathB<br/><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">&gt;</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span></span></tt> if pathA &gt; pathB<br/></p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">macosx</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">cmpPaths</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;Foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span>
<span class="Keyword">elif</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">cmpPaths</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;Foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">&gt;</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span></pre>
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<div id="extractFilename-procs-all">
<div id="extractFilename,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#extractFilename%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">extractFilename</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Extracts the filename of a given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>This is the same as <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">name &amp; ext</span></tt> from <a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile(path) proc</a>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc searchExtPos(path: string): int" href="#searchExtPos,string">searchExtPos proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc changeFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#changeFileExt,string,string">changeFileExt proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc addFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#addFileExt,string,string">addFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">extractFilename</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">extractFilename</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bar&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">extractFilename</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar.baz&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bar.baz&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="getCurrentDir-procs-all">
<div id="getCurrentDir">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#getCurrentDir"><span class="Identifier">getCurrentDir</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns the <span id="current-working-directory_1">current working directory</span> i.e. where the built binary is run.</p>
<p>So the path returned by this proc is determined at run time.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference external" href="./osappdirs.html#getHomeDir">osappdirs: getHomeDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="./osappdirs.html#getConfigDir">osappdirs: getConfigDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="./osappdirs.html#getTempDir">osappdirs: getTempDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="./osdirs.html#setCurrentDir,string">osdirs: setCurrentDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="system.html#currentSourcePath.t">currentSourcePath template</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="macros.html#getProjectPath">getProjectPath proc</a></li>
</ul>
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<div id="isAbsolute-procs-all">
<div id="isAbsolute,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#isAbsolute%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> </span><span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Checks whether a given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> is absolute.</p>
<p>On Windows, network paths are considered absolute too.</p>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/a/&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">isAbsolute</span></pre>
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<div id="isRelativeTo-procs-all">
<div id="isRelativeTo,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#isRelativeTo%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">isRelativeTo</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">base</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">Exception</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">RootEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Returns true if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> is relative to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">base</span></span></tt>.
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRelativeTo</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;./foo//bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRelativeTo</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRelativeTo</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/foo/bar.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/foo/bar.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">isRelativeTo</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar.nims&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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<div id="isRootDir-procs-all">
<div id="isRootDir,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#isRootDir%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Checks whether a given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> is a root directory.
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/a&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">isRootDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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<div id="joinPath-procs-all">
<div id="joinPath,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#joinPath%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">joinPath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">head</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tail</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Joins two directory names to one.</p>
<p>returns normalized path concatenation of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">head</span></span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">tail</span></span></tt>, preserving whether or not <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">tail</span></span></tt> has a trailing slash (or, if tail if empty, whether head has one).</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(parts: varargs[string]): string" href="#joinPath,varargs[string]">joinPath(parts: varargs[string]) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/,string,string">/ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="uri.html#combine,Uri,Uri">uri.combine proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference external" href="uri.html#/,Uri,string">uri./ proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;../bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/bin&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="joinPath,varargs[string]">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#joinPath%2Cvarargs%5Bstring%5D"><span class="Identifier">joinPath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">parts</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#varargs"><span class="Identifier">varargs</span></a><span class="Other">[</span><a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1OpenArray&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>The same as <a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(head, tail: string): string" href="#joinPath,string,string">joinPath(head, tail) proc</a>, but works with any number of directory parts.</p>
<p>You need to pass at least one element or the proc will assert in debug builds and crash on release builds.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(head, tail: string): string" href="#joinPath,string,string">joinPath(head, tail) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/,string,string">/ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/../`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/../,string,string">/../ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;b&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;c&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">joinPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/lib&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;../../var&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;log&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;var/log&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="lastPathPart-procs-all">
<div id="lastPathPart,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#lastPathPart%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">lastPathPart</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Like <a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a>, but ignores trailing dir separator; aka: <span id="basename_1">baseName</span> in some other languages.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc searchExtPos(path: string): int" href="#searchExtPos,string">searchExtPos proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc changeFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#changeFileExt,string,string">changeFileExt proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc addFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#addFileExt,string,string">addFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">lastPathPart</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bar&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">lastPathPart</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bar&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="normalizedPath-procs-all">
<div id="normalizedPath,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#normalizedPath%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">normalizedPath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns a normalized path for the current OS.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc absolutePath(path: string; root = when supportedSystem:
getCurrentDir()
else:
&quot;&quot;): string" href="#absolutePath,string">absolutePath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc normalizePath(path: var string)" href="#normalizePath,string">normalizePath proc</a> for the in-place version</li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizedPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a///b//..//c///d&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/c/d&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="normalizeExe-procs-all">
<div id="normalizeExe,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#normalizeExe%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">normalizeExe</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">file</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
on posix, prepends <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">./</span></span></tt> if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">file</span></span></tt> doesn't contain <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">/</span></span></tt> and is not <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;..&quot;</span></span></tt>.
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">import</span> <span class="Identifier">std</span><span class="Operator">/</span><span class="Identifier">sugar</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">dup</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">normalizeExe</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;./foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/../bar&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">dup</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">normalizeExe</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/../bar&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">doAssert</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">dup</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">normalizeExe</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="normalizePath-procs-all">
<div id="normalizePath,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#normalizePath%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">normalizePath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Normalize a path.</p>
<p>Consecutive directory separators are collapsed, including an initial double slash.</p>
<p>On relative paths, double dot (<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">..</span></span></tt>) sequences are collapsed if possible. On absolute paths they are always collapsed.</p>
<div class="admonition admonition-warning"><span class="admonition-warning-text"><b>Warning:</b></span>
URL-encoded and Unicode attempts at directory traversal are not detected. Triple dot is not handled.</div>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc absolutePath(path: string; root = when supportedSystem:
getCurrentDir()
else:
&quot;&quot;): string" href="#absolutePath,string">absolutePath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc normalizedPath(path: string): string" href="#normalizedPath,string">normalizedPath proc</a> for outplace version</li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc normalizeExe(file: var string)" href="#normalizeExe,string">normalizeExe proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Identifier">a</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a///b//..//c///d&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">a</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">normalizePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">a</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/c/d&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="normalizePathEnd-procs-all">
<div id="normalizePathEnd,string_2">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#normalizePathEnd%2Cstring_2"><span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
outplace overload
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib//.//&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">true</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/lib/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;lib/./.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;lib&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;.//./.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">true</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span> <span class="Comment"># not / !</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span> <span class="Comment"># not &quot;&quot; !</span></pre>
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<div id="normalizePathEnd,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#normalizePathEnd%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">normalizePathEnd</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">var</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">trailingSep</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Other">)</span> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
Ensures <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">path</span></tt> has exactly 0 or 1 trailing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">DirSep</span></span></tt>, depending on <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">trailingSep</span></tt>, and taking care of edge cases: it preservers whether a path is absolute or relative, and makes sure trailing sep is <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">DirSep</span></span></tt>, not <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">AltSep</span></span></tt>. Trailing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">/.</span></span></tt> are compressed, see examples.
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<div id="parentDir-procs-all">
<div id="parentDir,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#parentDir%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">parentDir</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns the parent directory of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>This is similar to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">splitPath(path).head</span></tt> when <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">path</span></tt> doesn't end in a dir separator, but also takes care of path normalizations. The remainder can be obtained with <a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart(path) proc</a>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc relativePath(path, base: string; sep = DirSep): string" href="#relativePath,string,string">relativePath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc tailDir(path: string): string" href="#tailDir,string">tailDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="iterator parentDirs(path: string; fromRoot = false; inclusive = true): string" href="#parentDirs.i,string">parentDirs iterator</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Identifier">defined</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">posix</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo/bar//&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;//foo//bar//.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;./foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/./foo//./&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a//./&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">parentDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c/..&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="relativePath-procs-all">
<div id="relativePath,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#relativePath%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">relativePath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">base</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">sep</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">DirSep</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">Exception</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">RootEffect</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Converts <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> to a path relative to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">base</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">sep</span></span></tt> (default: <a class="reference external" href="./osseps.html#DirSep">osseps: DirSep</a>) is used for the path normalizations, this can be useful to ensure the relative path only contains <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'/'</span></span></tt> so that it can be used for URL constructions.</p>
<p>On Windows, if a root of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> and a root of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">base</span></span></tt> are different, returns <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> as is because it is impossible to make a relative path. That means an absolute path can be returned.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc parentDir(path: string): string" href="#parentDir,string">parentDir proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc tailDir(path: string): string" href="#tailDir,string">tailDir proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/other/bad&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;../../me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/other&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;../me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Keyword">not</span> <span class="Identifier">doslikeFileSystem</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span> <span class="Comment"># On Windows, UNC-paths start with `//`</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users///me/bar//z.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;//Users/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/me/bar/z.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/Users/me&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bar/z.nim&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/users/moo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">relativePath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="CharLit">'/'</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="sameFile-procs-all">
<div id="sameFile,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#sameFile%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">sameFile</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path1</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">path2</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#bool"><span class="Identifier">bool</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><a href="oscommon.html#ReadDirEffect"><span class="Identifier">ReadDirEffect</span></a><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">OSError</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns true if both pathname arguments refer to the same physical file or directory.</p>
<p>Raises <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">OSError</span></span></tt> if any of the files does not exist or information about it can not be obtained.</p>
<p>This proc will return true if given two alternative hard-linked or sym-linked paths to the same file or directory.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference external" href="./os.html#sameFileContent,string,string">os: sameFileContent proc</a></li>
</ul>
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<div id="searchExtPos-procs-all">
<div id="searchExtPos,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#searchExtPos%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#int"><span class="Identifier">int</span></a> {.<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns index of the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'.'</span></span></tt> char in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> if it signifies the beginning of the file extension. Returns -1 otherwise.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitFile(path: string): tuple[dir, name, ext: string]" href="#splitFile,string">splitFile proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc changeFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#changeFileExt,string,string">changeFileExt proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc addFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#addFileExt,string,string">addFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;c.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">1</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a.b.c.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">5</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;.nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;..nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Operator">-</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">searchExtPos</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;a..nim&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="DecNumber">2</span></pre>
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<div id="splitFile-procs-all">
<div id="splitFile,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#splitFile%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">splitFile</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">tuple</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">]</span> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Splits a filename into <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extension</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> tuple.</p>
<p><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> does not end in <a class="reference external" href="./osseps.html#DirSep">osseps: DirSep</a> unless it's <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Operator">/</span></span></tt>. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">extension</span></span></tt> includes the leading dot.</p>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> has no extension, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt> is the empty string. If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> has no directory component, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">dir</span></span></tt> is the empty string. If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt> has no filename component, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">name</span></span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">ext</span></span></tt> are empty strings.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc searchExtPos(path: string): int" href="#searchExtPos,string">searchExtPos proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc extractFilename(path: string): string" href="#extractFilename,string">extractFilename proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc lastPathPart(path: string): string" href="#lastPathPart,string">lastPathPart proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc changeFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#changeFileExt,string,string">changeFileExt proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc addFileExt(filename, ext: string): string" href="#addFileExt,string,string">addFileExt proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">var</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">splitFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/nimc.html&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nimc&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.html&quot;</span>
<span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">splitFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local/os&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;os&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">splitFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">dir</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="Identifier">splitFile</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/tmp.txt&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">dir</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">name</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;tmp&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">ext</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;.txt&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="splitPath-procs-all">
<div id="splitPath,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#splitPath%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">splitPath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Keyword">tuple</span><span class="Other">[</span><span class="Identifier">head</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tail</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">]</span> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Splits a directory into <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">head</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tail</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></span></tt> tuple, so that <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">head / tail == path</span></tt> (except for edge cases like &quot;/usr&quot;).</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(head, tail: string): string" href="#joinPath,string,string">joinPath(head, tail) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc joinPath(parts: varargs[string]): string" href="#joinPath,varargs[string]">joinPath(parts: varargs[string]) proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/,string,string">/ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc `/../`(head, tail: string): string" href="#/../,string,string">/../ proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc relativePath(path, base: string; sep = DirSep): string" href="#relativePath,string,string">relativePath proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/bin/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Keyword">when</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">NimMajor</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="Identifier">NimMinor</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">&lt;=</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="DecNumber">1</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="DecNumber">0</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Keyword">else</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">splitPath</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">,</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span></pre>
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<div id="tailDir-procs-all">
<div id="tailDir,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#tailDir%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">tailDir</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Returns the tail part of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc relativePath(path, base: string; sep = DirSep): string" href="#relativePath,string,string">relativePath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc splitPath(path: string): tuple[head, tail: string]" href="#splitPath,string">splitPath proc</a></li>
<li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc parentDir(path: string): string" href="#parentDir,string">parentDir proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;bin/&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;/usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;//usr//local//bin//&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr//local//bin//&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;./usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin&quot;</span>
<span class="Identifier">assert</span> <span class="Identifier">tailDir</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="StringLit">&quot;usr/local/bin&quot;</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span> <span class="Operator">==</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;local/bin&quot;</span></pre>
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<div id="unixToNativePath-procs-all">
<div id="unixToNativePath,string,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">proc</span> <a href="#unixToNativePath%2Cstring%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">unixToNativePath</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">drive</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;&quot;</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.<span class="Identifier">noSideEffect</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">gcsafe</span><span class="Other">,</span>
<span class="Identifier">extern</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;nos$1&quot;</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Converts an UNIX-like path to a native one.</p>
<p>On an UNIX system this does nothing. Else it converts <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'/'</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'.'</span></span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="CharLit">'..'</span></span></tt> to the appropriate things.</p>
<p>On systems with a concept of &quot;drives&quot;, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">drive</span></span></tt> is used to determine which drive label to use during absolute path conversion. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">drive</span></span></tt> defaults to the drive of the current working directory, and is ignored on systems that do not have a concept of &quot;drives&quot;.</p>
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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#15">Iterators</a></h1>
<dl class="item">
<div id="parentDirs-iterators-all">
<div id="parentDirs.i,string">
<dt><pre><span class="Keyword">iterator</span> <a href="#parentDirs.i%2Cstring"><span class="Identifier">parentDirs</span></a><span class="Other">(</span><span class="Identifier">path</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">fromRoot</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Other">;</span> <span class="Identifier">inclusive</span> <span class="Other">=</span> <span class="Identifier">true</span><span class="Other">)</span><span class="Other">:</span> <a href="system.html#string"><span class="Identifier">string</span></a> {.
<span><span class="Other pragmadots">...</span></span><span class="pragmawrap"><span class="Identifier">raises</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">tags</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span><span class="Other">,</span> <span class="Identifier">forbids</span><span class="Other">:</span> <span class="Other">[</span><span class="Other">]</span></span>.}</pre></dt>
<dd>
<p>Walks over all parent directories of a given <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">path</span></span></tt>.</p>
<p>If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">fromRoot</span></span></tt> is true (default: false), the traversal will start from the file system root directory. If <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre"><span class="Identifier">inclusive</span></span></tt> is true (default), the original argument will be included in the traversal.</p>
<p>Relative paths won't be expanded by this iterator. Instead, it will traverse only the directories appearing in the relative path.</p>
<p>See also:</p>
<ul class="simple"><li><a class="reference internal nimdoc" title="proc parentDir(path: string): string" href="#parentDir,string">parentDir proc</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong class="examples_text">Example:</strong></p>
<pre class="listing"><span class="Keyword">let</span> <span class="Identifier">g</span> <span class="Operator">=</span> <span class="StringLit">&quot;a/b/c&quot;</span>
<span class="Keyword">for</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span> <span class="Keyword">in</span> <span class="Identifier">g</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">parentDirs</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/b/c</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/b</span>
<span class="Comment"># a</span>
<span class="Keyword">for</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span> <span class="Keyword">in</span> <span class="Identifier">g</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">parentDirs</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">fromRoot</span><span class="Operator">=</span><span class="Identifier">true</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/b/</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/b/c</span>
<span class="Keyword">for</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span> <span class="Keyword">in</span> <span class="Identifier">g</span><span class="Operator">.</span><span class="Identifier">parentDirs</span><span class="Punctuation">(</span><span class="Identifier">inclusive</span><span class="Operator">=</span><span class="Identifier">false</span><span class="Punctuation">)</span><span class="Punctuation">:</span>
<span class="Identifier">echo</span> <span class="Identifier">p</span>
<span class="Comment"># a/b</span>
<span class="Comment"># a</span></pre>
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