June 2002
Beginner
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basename
basename (fullname[,suffixlist])
Returns the first element of the list that would be produced
if you called fileparse with
the same arguments. Provides compatibility with the Unix
basename command. Takes the following
arguments:
fullnameInput file specification
suffixlistOptional list containing patterns to be matched
against the end of fullname to
find the suffix