MAYA - MEL function to get scene name ?

vahl

hey guys, do you know if there's a function in MEL that returns the scene name ?

greuh

file -q -sn

and I recommend you then use this if you need just the file name without the extension

basename (string variable with the filename, ".ma")

THNKR

file -q -sn;
file -q -sn -un ;
file -q -sn -shn;
file -q -sn -wcn;

MoP

If you want to know what THNKR is talking about, check the MEL command reference page in Maya, look at the "file" command.
Those are all abbreviations for stuff, eg. "-shn" means "-shortName", which returns just the file name instead of the full path to the scene - quite useful for various naming scripts etc.

vahl

thanks guys, it worked like a charm !!!

MoP yep that's what i did, I'm a script noob so it didn't really occur to me at first, and yeah super useful for naming

sravanunna

Hey Guys! Can you also please help me out.. I have a related query to this.

Looks like this command prints the path. but how do I extract the names of folders individually from the path and assign to variables ?

I am trying out scripting for the first time to create a certain functionality. Any help in this regard would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mark Dygert

by using something very similar to this:
https://nccastaff.bournemouth.ac.uk/jmacey/RobTheBloke/www/mel/IO_dir_list.html