Scilab 5.3.0
- Scilab Online Help
- Files : Input/Output functions
- basename
- chdir
- copyfile
- createdir
- deletefile
- dir
- dirname
- dispfiles
- fileext
- fileinfo
- fileparts
- filesep
- findfiles
- fprintf
- fprintfMat
- fscanf
- fscanfMat
- fullfile
- fullpath
- get_absolute_file_path
- getdrives
- getlongpathname
- getrelativefilename
- getshortpathname
- %io
- isdir
- isfile
- listfiles
- listvarinfile
- ls
- maxfiles
- mclearerr
- mclose
- mdelete
- meof
- merror
- mfprintf
- mscanf
- mget
- mgetl
- mgetstr
- mkdir
- mopen
- movefile
- mput
- mputl
- mputstr
- mseek
- mtell
- newest
- pathconvert
- pathsep
- pwd
- removedir
- rmdir
- save_format
- scanf
- scanf_conversion
- sscanf
Please note that the recommended version of Scilab is 2026.0.0. This page might be outdated.
See the recommended documentation of this function
basename
strip directory and suffix from filenames
Calling Sequence
processedfiles = basename(files[,flag [,flagexpand]])
Arguments
- files
a string matrix giving a set of file names.
- flag,flagexpand
boolean optional parameters. (default value
%t).- processedFiles
a string matrix containing the processed filenames.
Description
basename return the basename of the file entries
given in files.
If flag is true the files are first converted to
the target type given by the getos() == 'Windows' variable. Moreover,
if flagexpand is true leading strings like
HOME, SCI or ~
are expanded using environment variables.
Examples
files=basename('SCI/modules/fileio/macros/poo.sci') files=basename('SCI/modules\fileio/macros/poo.sci') files=basename('SCI/modules\fileio/macros/poo.sci.k')
See Also
| << Files : Input/Output functions | Files : Input/Output functions | chdir >> |