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<h2><a name="echo">Basename</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
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Task to determine the basename of a specified file, optionally minus a
specified suffix.
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When this task executes, it will set the specified property to the
value of the last path element of the specified file. If <code>file</code> is a
directory, the basename will be the last directory element. If
<code>file</code> is a full-path, relative-path, or simple filename,
the basename will be the simple file name, without any directory elements.
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">The path to take the basename of.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">property</td>
<td valign="top">The name of the property to set.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">Yes</td>
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<td valign="top">suffix</td>
<td valign="top">The suffix to remove from the resulting basename
(specified either with or without the "<code>.</code>").</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<pre> <basename property="jar.filename" file="${lib.jarfile}"/></pre>
will set <code>jar.filename</code> to
<code>myjar.jar</code>, if <code>lib.jarfile</code> is defined as either a
full-path filename (eg., <code>/usr/local/lib/myjar.jar</code>),
a relative-path filename (eg., <code>lib/myjar.jar</code>),
or a simple filename (eg., <code>myjar.jar</code>).
<pre> <basename property="cmdname" file="D:/usr/local/foo.exe" suffix=".exe"/></pre>
will set <code>cmdname</code> to <code>foo</code>.
<pre> <property environment="env"/>
<basename property="temp.dirname" file="${env.TEMP}"/></pre>
will set <code>temp.dirname</code> to the last directory element of
the path defined for the <code>TEMP</code> environment variable.</p>
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