## Copyright (C) 2003 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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## any later version.
##
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##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{dir}, @var{name}, @var{ext}, @var{ver}] =} fileparts (@var{filename})
## Return the directory, name, extension, and version components of
## @var{filename}.
## @end deftypefn

function [directory, name, extension, version] = fileparts (filename)

  if (nargin == 1)
    if (isstr (filename))
      ds = rindex (filename, filesep);
      es = rindex (filename, ".");
      ## These can be the same if they are both 0 (no dir or ext).
      if (es <= ds)
	es = length(filename)+1;
      endif
      directory = filename(1:ds-1);
      name = filename(ds+1:es-1);
      if (es > 0)
	extension = filename(es:end);
      else
	extension = "";
      endif
      version = "";
    else
      error ("fileparts: expecting filename argument to be a string");
    endif
  else
    usage ("fileparts (filename)");
  endif

endfunction