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Dirname doesn't follow command till the end of the path

I want to use dirname to specify my root directory, but it always stops specifying the folder one before the final folder. I want to set my working directories and have done so in the beginning of my ...
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How can i check if a directory exists with wildcars inside an if exist and copy this folder to another location?

I am trying to write a bat script in order to better organize my clients' files. I have created two folders. The first one is named "folders" and contains the folders for each client with their files....
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check last modified file in directory

My script to check the last modified file in this directory /var/spool/gammu/inbox/ #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; chomp (my $dirname ='/var/spool/gammu/inbox/'); my $newest_file = do { ...
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dirname equivalent in Go

I'm studying Go, I don't know if I missed something, but after searching, I wonder: Does dirname in NodeJS have an equivalent in Go? How to get current directory in Go code, or I have to implement one?...
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os.walk - counting the directories traversed

I have written a code to traverse directories using the os.walk to search for a specific type of file. for dirpath, dirnames, files in os.walk(directory): for name in files: if ...
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How-To get root directory of given path in bash?

My script: #!/usr/bin/env bash PATH=/home/user/example/foo/bar mkdir -p /tmp/backup$PATH And now I want to get first folder of "$PATH": /home/ cd /tmp/backup rm -rf ./home/ ...
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PHP dirname() drops entire path

I have a variable $path which contains the full path to a file on a Windows network (e.g. R:\somedir\otherdir\lastdir\some.file.ext) when I use: $location = dirname($path); here, $location only ...
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Getting the parent of a directory in Bash

If I have a file path such as... /home/smith/Desktop/Test /home/smith/Desktop/Test/ How do I change the string so it will be the parent directory? e.g. /home/smith/Desktop /home/smith/Desktop/
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Finding Directory Name in other directory with PHP

I have a file which name is load.php near index.php in root folder. So i only have two files in root. I like clear works like most. Today i needed to define directories in one file name is define.php....
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Getting a directory name from a filename

I have a filename (C:\folder\foo.txt) and I need to retrieve the folder name (C:\folder) in C++. In C# I would do something like this: string folder = new FileInfo("C:\folder\foo.txt")....
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