// Copyright 2018-2026 the Deno authors. MIT license. // This module is browser compatible. import { assertArg } from "../_common/dirname.ts"; import { stripTrailingSeparators } from "../_common/strip_trailing_separators.ts"; import { isPosixPathSeparator } from "./_util.ts"; import { fromFileUrl } from "./from_file_url.ts"; /** * Return the directory path of a `path`. * * @example Usage * ```ts * import { dirname } from "dirname.ts"; * import { assertEquals } from "../../assert/mod.ts"; * * assertEquals(dirname("/home/user/Documents/"), "/home/user"); * assertEquals(dirname("/home/user/Documents/image.png"), "/home/user/Documents"); * assertEquals(dirname("https://deno.land/std/path/mod.ts"), "https://deno.land/std/path"); * assertEquals(dirname(new URL("file:///home/user/Documents/image.png")), "/home/user/Documents"); * ``` * * @example Working with URLs * * ```ts * import { dirname } from "dirname.ts"; * import { assertEquals } from "../../assert/mod.ts"; * * assertEquals(dirname("https://deno.land/std/path/mod.ts"), "https://deno.land/std/path"); * assertEquals(dirname("https://deno.land/std/path/mod.ts?a=b"), "https://deno.land/std/path"); * assertEquals(dirname("https://deno.land/std/path/mod.ts#header"), "https://deno.land/std/path"); * ``` * * @param path The path to get the directory from. * @returns The directory path. */ export function dirname(path: string | URL): string { if (path instanceof URL) { path = fromFileUrl(path); } assertArg(path); let end = -1; let matchedNonSeparator = false; for (let i = path.length - 1; i >= 1; --i) { if (isPosixPathSeparator(path.charCodeAt(i))) { if (matchedNonSeparator) { end = i; break; } } else { matchedNonSeparator = true; } } // No matches. Fallback based on provided path: // // - leading slashes paths // "/foo" => "/" // "///foo" => "/" // - no slash path // "foo" => "." if (end === -1) { return isPosixPathSeparator(path.charCodeAt(0)) ? "/" : "."; } return stripTrailingSeparators( path.slice(0, end), isPosixPathSeparator, ); }