Re: how having the basename of a file or directory

[Stefan Monnier]

> (defun basename (fname)
>   (if (or (file-directory-p fname)
>           (string-match "/$" fname))
>       (let ((dirname (directory-file-name fname))) 
>         (file-name-nondirectory dirname))
>       (file-name-nondirectory fname)))

If, as Karl suggests, your point is that you want a `basename' function,
then maybe we could add such a function (I'm really not convinced it's
worth the trouble.  Better would be to add a paragraph in the manual,
I think), but I still insist that the above definition is wrong.
It should be

  (defun file-basename (file)
    (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name file)))


-- Stefan