get_filename_component(<var> <FileName> <mode> [BASE_DIR <dir>]

• var : outputValue
• FileName: inputValue

mode

DIRECTORY = Directory without file name
NAME      = File name without directory
EXT       = File name longest extension (.b.c from d/a.b.c)
NAME_WE   = File name with neither the directory nor the longest extension
LAST_EXT  = File name last extension (.c from d/a.b.c)
NAME_WLE  = File name with neither the directory nor the last extension
PATH      = Legacy alias for DIRECTORY (use for CMake <= 2.8.11)

ABSOLUTE  = Full path to file
REALPATH  = Full path to existing file with symlinks resolved

BASE_DIR

If no base directory is provided, the default base directory will be CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR.

result

Paths are returned with forward slashes and have no trailing slashes.

example

get_filename_component(outputResult "${inputPath}" PATH ABSOLUTE)