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Demonstrate Directory Path Functions

Demonstrates the path functions GetDirectoryName, GetExtension, GetFileName, and GetFileNameWithoutExtension.

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Lua
local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local fac = chilkat.FileAccess.new()

-- Note: Chilkat accepts either forward slash or backslash chars as directory separators..
print(fac:get_directory_name("/MyDir/MySubDir/myfile.ext"))
print(fac:get_directory_name("/MyDir/MySubDir"))
print(fac:get_directory_name("/MyDir/"))
print(fac:get_directory_name("/MyDir"))
print(fac:get_directory_name("/"))

print(fac:get_extension("C:/mydir.old/myfile.ext"))
print(fac:get_extension("C:/mydir.old/"))

print(fac:get_file_name("C:/mydir/myfile.ext"))
print(fac:get_file_name("C:/mydir/"))

print(fac:get_file_name_without_extension("C:/mydir/myfile.ext"))
print(fac:get_file_name_without_extension("C:/mydir/"))

print("---")