`path join` for path

Join a structured path or a list of path parts.

Signature

> path join {flags} ...rest

Parameters

...rest: Path to append to the input.

Input/output types:

input	output
string	string
list<string>	string
record	string
table	list<string>

Examples

Append a filename to a path.

> '/home/viking' | path join spam.txt
/home/viking/spam.txt

Append a filename to a path.

> '/home/viking' | path join spams this_spam.txt
/home/viking/spams/this_spam.txt

Use relative paths, e.g. '..' will go up one directory.

> '/home/viking' | path join .. folder
/home/viking/../folder

Use absolute paths, e.g. '/' will bring you to the top level directory.

> '/home/viking' | path join / folder
/folder

Join a list of parts into a path.

> [ '/' 'home' 'viking' 'spam.txt' ] | path join
/home/viking/spam.txt

Join a structured path into a path.

> { parent: '/home/viking', stem: 'spam', extension: 'txt' } | path join
/home/viking/spam.txt

Join a table of structured paths into a list of paths.

> [[ parent stem extension ]; [ '/home/viking' 'spam' 'txt' ]] | path join
╭───┬───────────────────────╮
│ 0 │ /home/viking/spam.txt │
╰───┴───────────────────────╯

Notes