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From: ziegast@eng.umd.edu (Eric W. Ziegast)
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Subject: Re: path truncation quest
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Date: 22 Mar 91 05:59:19 GMT
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In article <126224@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>>A simplified version would be:
>>	/((\/F)+)+)\/(F)/
>
>Too complex. First, pick another delimiter, and get rid of the \/'s.
>Second, there is no sense saving the last pattern. Third, and
>most importantly, you are going overboard. Restated, the goal is
>"keep everything up to but not including the last slash".
. . . etc . . .
>>	$1 will match the directory path.  (man dirname)
>>	$2 is used only for /F grouping
>>	$3 will match the base name.  (man basename)
>
>Aha! It seems that you have adapted a general routine.

Call it "feeping creaturism". ;-)

Eric Z