path.getextension

Returns the file extension portion of a path.

p = path.getextension("path")

Parameters

path is the file system path to be split.

Return Value

The file extension portion of the path, or an empty string if no extension is present.

Availability

Premake 4.0 or later.

See Also

• path.getbasename
• path.getdirectory
• path.getdrive
• path.getname