Commit 5b81bb65 by willmcgugan

docstring tweak for basename

parent 90608df9
......@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def split(path):
def splitext(path):
"""Splits the extension from the path, and returns the path (up to the last
'.' and the extension
'.' and the extension).
:param path: A path to split
......@@ -268,13 +268,19 @@ def dirname(path):
def basename(path):
"""Returns the basename of the resource referenced by a path.
This is always equivalent to the 'head' component of the value returned
This is always equivalent to the 'tail' component of the value returned
by pathsplit(path).
:param path: A FS path
>>> basename('foo/bar/baz')
'baz'
>>> basename('foo/bar')
'bar'
>>> basename('foo/bar/')
''
"""
if '/' not in path:
......
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