get_filename.h

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2015 - Erik Nelson
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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 */

#ifndef UTILS_STRINGS_GET_FILENAME_H
#define UTILS_STRINGS_GET_FILENAME_H

#include <string>
#include <vector>

#include "tokenize_file_string.h"

namespace strings {

// Given a path to a file (e.g. /home/erik/test.png), return the last
// '/'-separated token (i.e. test.png). There are no checks to ensure that the
// resulting string is actually a file.
std::string GetFilename(const std::string &path) {
  // If the input path is empty, return an empty filename.
  if (path.empty())
    return std::string("");

  // If the path's last character is '/', there is no filename.
  if (path.back() == '/')
    return std::string("");

  std::vector<std::string> path_tokens;
  TokenizeFileString(path, &path_tokens);
  return path_tokens.back();
}

} //\namespace strings

#endif