*/
static bool isAbsolutePath(const std::string & path);
+ /**
+ * Returns the directory name of a path.
+ * "/a/b/file.txt" -> "/a/b"
+ * "a/file.txt" -> "a"
+ * "file.txt" -> "."
+ */
+ static std::string dirname(const std::string & path);
+
/**
* Create a temporary file and open an output stream to write into this file.
* The file is created with the pattern "<tmpdir>/libbatch-<prefix>-XXXXXX" where <tmpdir> is the
