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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:dirname, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+ Returns the dirname of a path.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ if arguments.size < 1 then
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "dirname(): No arguments given")
+ end
+ if arguments.size > 1 then
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "dirname(): Too many arguments given (#{arguments.size})")
+ end
+ unless arguments[0].is_a?(String)
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'dirname(): Requires string as argument')
+ end
+
+ return File.dirname(arguments[0])
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :