File.getBasename

string getBasename()

Gets the base name (the last component of the path) for a given #GFile.

If called for the top level of a system (such as the filesystem root or a uri like sftp://host/) it will return a single directory separator (and on Windows, possibly a drive letter).

The base name is a byte string (not UTF-8). It has no defined encoding or rules other than it may not contain zero bytes. If you want to use filenames in a user interface you should use the display name that you can get by requesting the [gio.types.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_STANDARD_DISPLAY_NAME] attribute with [gio.file.File.queryInfo].

This call does no blocking I/O.

Returns

string containing the #GFile's

base name, or null if given #GFile is invalid. The returned string should be freed with [glib.global.gfree] when no longer needed.