From ef628f0ad48385932314e142789573bb4949bf06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Johnson & Nathan Sobo <cj+nathan@github.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:43:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add directory method to fs

---
 src/stdlib/fs.coffee | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/stdlib/fs.coffee b/src/stdlib/fs.coffee
index 57fa14789..16ba66082 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/fs.coffee
+++ b/src/stdlib/fs.coffee
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ module.exports =
   changeWorkingDirectory: (path) ->
     OSX.NSFileManager.defaultManager.changeCurrentDirectoryPath path
 
+  # Return the dirname of the given path. That is the path with any trailing 
+  # non-directory component removed.
+  directory: (path) ->
+    @absolute(path).replace(new RegExp(@base(path) + '$'), '')
+
   # Returns true if the file specified by path exists
   exists: (path) ->
     OSX.NSFileManager.defaultManager.fileExistsAtPath_isDirectory path, null