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    Function Name
    GetDirectoryName
    Category
    File
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    Description
    Return the index of the current item within its containing sequence
    Inputs
    Path The path of a file or directory.
    Outputs
    Directory Directory information for path.
    Properties
    None -

    Sample output

    Sample Path Output extension
    c:\temp\test.txt c:\temp
    c:\test.txt c:\
    .\temp\test.txt \temp
    test.txt
    c:\temp\test c:\temp
    c:\temp\ c:\temp
    "!InvalidPath' [ERROR]

     

    Example

    A range of functions are provided for working with Uri's and Path's. The following example demonstrates how these can be used.

     

    In the following example we have a directory c:\UriExamples\ that contains the files Bookstore.xsd, Input001.xml, Input002.xml & ResolvedUri.Output.xml.

    In our transform we have configured "ListFiles" to operate on the directory "c:\UriExamples\" and use the pattern "Input*.xml"

    As you can see the ListFiles component gets the full paths of all the files that match the pattern. These filenames are then fed into the various Uri functions and output into an XML writer.

    The result of the transform is as follows

    Transform Output
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    <FileProperties>
      <File>
        <FullFilename>C:\UriExamples\Input001.xml</FullFilename>
        <Filename>Input001.xml</Filename>
        <Extension>.xml</Extension>
        <Path>C:\UriExamples</Path>
        <AltFullFilename>C:\UriExamples\Backup\Input001.xml</AltFullFilename>
        <BackupFilename>C:\UriExamples\Input001.xml.bak</BackupFilename>
      </File>
      <File>
        <FullFilename>C:\UriExamples\Input002.xml</FullFilename>
        <Filename>Input002.xml</Filename>
        <Extension>.xml</Extension>
        <Path>C:\UriExamples</Path>
        <AltFullFilename>C:\UriExamples\Backup\Input002.xml</AltFullFilename>
        <BackupFilename>C:\UriExamples\Input002.xml.bak</BackupFilename>
      </File>
    </FileProperties>
    

    Let's examine the output in more detail

    Compatibility

    Native Execution Engine, XSLT 2.0, C#

    See Also