Std\Path

Path – file path manipulation.

Pure string-based path operations for joining, splitting, and inspecting file paths. No filesystem access is performed.

Functions

join : String -> String -> String

Join two path components with the platform separator.

import join from Std\Path in
join "/home/user" "docs"   # => "/home/user/docs"

dirname : String -> String

Return the directory portion of a path.

import dirname from Std\Path in
dirname "/home/user/file.txt"   # => "/home/user"

basename : String -> String

Return the filename portion of a path.

import basename from Std\Path in
basename "/home/user/file.txt"   # => "file.txt"

extension : String -> String

Return the file extension including the dot.

import extension from Std\Path in
extension "photo.jpg"   # => ".jpg"

withExtension : String -> String -> String

Replace the file extension with a new one.

import withExtension from Std\Path in
withExtension "data.csv" ".json"   # => "data.json"

isAbsolute : String -> Bool

Returns true if the path is absolute.

import isAbsolute from Std\Path in
isAbsolute "/usr/bin"   # => true
isAbsolute "src/main"   # => false