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parts: the @dfn{directory name} part, and the @dfn{nondirectory} part
(or @dfn{file name within the directory}).  Either part may be empty.
Concatenating these two parts reproduces the original file name.

  On most systems, the directory part is everything up to and including
the last slash; the nondirectory part is the rest.  The rules in VMS
syntax are complicated.

  For some purposes, the nondirectory part is further subdivided into
the name proper and the @dfn{version number}.  On most systems, only
backup files have version numbers in their names.  On VMS, every file
has a version number, but most of the time the file name actually used

     @result{} "foo.lose"
(file-name-sans-extension "big.hack/foo")
     @result{} "big.hack/foo"
@end example
@end defun

@node Directory Names
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Directory Names
@cindex directory name

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parts: the @dfn{directory name} part, and the @dfn{nondirectory} part
(or @dfn{file name within the directory}).  Either part may be empty.
Concatenating these two parts reproduces the original file name.

  On most systems, the directory part is everything up to and including
the last slash (or backslash, on MS-DOS or MS-Windows); the nondirectory
part is the rest.  The rules in VMS syntax are complicated.

  For some purposes, the nondirectory part is further subdivided into
the name proper and the @dfn{version number}.  On most systems, only
backup files have version numbers in their names.  On VMS, every file
has a version number, but most of the time the file name actually used

     @result{} "foo.lose"
(file-name-sans-extension "big.hack/foo")
     @result{} "big.hack/foo"
@end example
@end defun

@defvar directory-sep-char
@tindex directory-sep-char
This variable holds the character that the system normally uses to
separate file name components.  The value is @code{?/} on GNU and Unix
systems, and @code{?\\} on MS-DOS and MS-Windows.  Note that file names
using slashes as separators work properly in Emacs on all of these
systems; you are not obliged to use backslashes on Microsoft systems.
@end defvar

@node Directory Names
@comment  node-name,  next,  previous,  up
@subsection Directory Names
@cindex directory name