Method: File.basename

Defined in:

file.c

.basename(file_name[, suffix]) ⇒ Object

Returns the last component of the filename given in file_name, which must be formed using forward slashes (“/”) regardless of the separator used on the local file system. If suffix is given and present at the end of file_name, it is removed.

File.basename("/home/gumby/work/ruby.rb")          #=> "ruby.rb"
File.basename("/home/gumby/work/ruby.rb", ".rb")   #=> "ruby"

# File 'file.c', line 2888

static VALUE
rb_file_s_basename(argc, argv)
int argc;