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Syntax: DIRNAME(string) Defn: A CI evaluator function that returns the directory components of an MPE or POSIX filename. MPE filenames are translated to POSIX pathnames before extracting the directory portion of the name. Type: String Example: dirname('a.b.c') Result: /C/B Example: dirname('a') Result: . Example: dirname('/a/b/c') Result: /a/b Example: dirname('/') Result: / Example: dirname('*feq') Result: <empty> Example: dirname('$null') Result: <empty> Example: dirname('./a/b') Result: ./a Example: dirname('./a') Result: . Back to Main Index