File.dirname "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html" #=> "http://foo.com/bar" File.basename "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html" #=> "stuff.html" File.split "http://foo.com/bar/stuff.html" #=> ["http://foo.com/bar", "stuff.html"] File.join( File.dirname("http://foo.com/bar/doc.html"), "relative_link.html" ) # => "http://foo.com/bar/relative_link.html"
(Originally by Ilmari Heikkinen on the ruby-talk mailing list.)
