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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libexpr/primops.cc | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc index 536345f2294c..6b4858d800f1 100644 --- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc +++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc @@ -316,11 +316,15 @@ static Expr primBaseNameOf(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args) /* Return the directory of the given path, i.e., everything before the - last slash. */ + last slash. Return either a path or a string depending on the type + of the argument. */ static Expr primDirOf(EvalState & state, const ATermVector & args) { PathSet context; - return makeStr(dirOf(coerceToPath(state, args[0], context)), context); + Expr e = evalExpr(state, args[0]); ATerm dummy; + bool isPath = matchPath(e, dummy); + Path dir = dirOf(coerceToPath(state, e, context)); + return isPath ? makePath(toATerm(dir)) : makeStr(dir, context); } |