Find file name from full file path

Question

Is there a way to extract the file name from the file full path (part of a file path) without the hassle of manipulating string?

The equivalent in Java would be:

File f = new File ("C:/some_dir/a")
f.getName() //output a
f.getFullAbsolutePath() //output c:/some_dir/a

Answer 1

Use

basename("C:/some_dir/a.ext")
# [1] "a.ext"
dirname("C:/some_dir/a.ext")
# [1] "C:/some_dir"