What is the difference between os path basename and os path dirname

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What is the difference between os path basename   and os path dirname       I already searched for answers and read some links  but didn t understand   Can anyone give a simple explanation

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Both functions use the os path split path  function to split the pathname path into a pair   head  tail    The os path dirname path  function returns the head of the path   E g   The dirname of   foo bar item  is   foo bar    The os path basename path  function returns the tail of the path   E g   The basename of   foo bar item  returns  item   From  http   docs python org 2 library os path html os path basename

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To summarize what was mentioned by Breno above  Say you have a variable with a path to a file  path     home User Desktop myfile py    os path basename path  returns the string  myfile py   and  os path dirname path  returns the string   home User Desktop   without a trailing slash        These functions are used when you have to get the filename directory name given a full path name   In case the file path is just the file name  e g  instead of path     home User Desktop myfile py  you just have myfile py   os path dirname path  returns an empty string

[python] What is the difference between os.path.basename() and os.path.dirname()?

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