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Author r.david.murray
Recipients blokeley, r.david.murray
Date 2011-02-27.15:47:25
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I'm -1 on this feature request.  I think it is an unnecessary complication of the API, especially since dirname corresponds to the unix shell 'dirname' command, which doesn't have such a feature.  If you need this feature in a particular application, it is easy to write a function to provide it.
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Date User Action Args
2011-02-27 15:47:29r.david.murraysetrecipients: + r.david.murray, blokeley
2011-02-27 15:47:29r.david.murraysetmessageid: <1298821649.91.0.434853482171.issue11344@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2011-02-27 15:47:25r.david.murraylinkissue11344 messages
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