[F] getBaseFileName

function getBaseFileName(path): string

Returns the path except for its containing directory name. Semantics align with NodeJS’s path.basename except that we support URL’s as well.

// POSIX
getBaseFileName("/path/to/file.ext") === "file.ext"
getBaseFileName("/path/to/") === "to"
getBaseFileName("/") === ""
// DOS
getBaseFileName("c:/path/to/file.ext") === "file.ext"
getBaseFileName("c:/path/to/") === "to"
getBaseFileName("c:/") === ""
getBaseFileName("c:") === ""
// URL
getBaseFileName("http://typescriptlang.org/path/to/file.ext") === "file.ext"
getBaseFileName("http://typescriptlang.org/path/to/") === "to"
getBaseFileName("http://typescriptlang.org/") === ""
getBaseFileName("http://typescriptlang.org") === ""
getBaseFileName("file://server/path/to/file.ext") === "file.ext"
getBaseFileName("file://server/path/to/") === "to"
getBaseFileName("file://server/") === ""
getBaseFileName("file://server") === ""
getBaseFileName("file:///path/to/file.ext") === "file.ext"
getBaseFileName("file:///path/to/") === "to"
getBaseFileName("file:///") === ""
getBaseFileName("file://") === ""

Parameters

Parameter	Type
path	string

Returns

string