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dirname
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Prototype: dirname(path)
Return type: string
Description: Return the parent directory name for given path
.
This function returns the directory name for path
. If path
is a
directory, then the name of its parent directory is returned.
Arguments:
path
:string
, in the range:.*
Example:
body common control
{
bundlesequence => { "example" };
}
bundle agent example
{
vars:
"apache_dir" string => dirname("/etc/apache2/httpd.conf");
reports:
"apache conf dir = $(apache_dir)";
}
Output:
R: apache conf dir = /etc/apache2
Notes:
History: Was introduced in 3.3.0, Nova 2.2.0 (2011)
See also: lastnode()
, filestat()
,
splitstring()
.