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Old 09-28-2006
ghostdog74 ghostdog74 is offline Forum Advisor  
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Alternative in python

Code:
>>> import os
>>> os.path.split("/apps/tiv/pmon/xxxx.dat")
('/apps/tiv/pmon', 'xxxx.dat')
>>> os.path.split("/apps/tiv/pmon/xxxx.dat")[0]
'/apps/tiv/pmon'
>>>