python get file name from whole path code example

Example 1: get path to file without filename python

import os
filepath = '/a/path/to/my/file.txt'
os.path.dirname(filepath)
# Yields '/a/path/to/my'

Example 2: get name of a file in python

>>> f = open('/tmp/generic.png','r')
>>> f.name
'/tmp/generic.png'
>>> import os
>>> os.path.basename(f.name)
'generic.png'