add utils::path_dirname() to complement utils::path_basename()

2020-10-23 20:12:03 -04:00
parent c51d2a286a
commit b931501711
3 changed files with 38 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@ -291,6 +291,13 @@ namespace LAMMPS_NS {

    std::string path_basename(const std::string &path);

+    /** Return the directory part of a path. Return "." if empty
+     *
+     * \param path file path
+     * \return directory name */
+
+    std::string path_dirname(const std::string &path);
+
    /** Join two pathname segments
     *
     * This uses the forward slash '/' character unless LAMMPS is compiled