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Available inall subroutines.

The directories specified in a URL. This will be from the beginning of the URL up to the last /, not including the query string.

Any trailing slash is stripped. That is, the last / will not be part of req.url.dirname unless req.url.dirname is / (the root directory).

The slash after a directory is required. For example with a URL path of /xyz/abc?xyz the abc part is considered a filename (see req.url.basename) and the value of req.url.dirname will be /xyz.

The directory name is given as / when the directory is absent entirely. For example with a request www.example.com/hello.html, req.url.dirname will be /.

Examples

In the request www.example.com/1/hello.gif?foo=bar, req.url.dirname will be /1.

In the request www.example.com/5/inner/hello.gif?foo=bar, req.url.dirname will be /5/inner.