How can I get the current directory name in Javascript?

Question

I'm trying to get the current directory of the file in Javascript so I can use that to trigger a different jquery function for each section of my site.

if (current_directory) = "example" {
var activeicon = ".icon_one span";
};
elseif (current_directory) = "example2" {
var activeicon = ".icon_two span";
};
else {
var activeicon = ".icon_default span";
};

$(activeicon).show();
...

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Assuming you are talking about the current URL, you can parse out part of the URL using window.location. See: http://java-programming.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_get_url_parts_in_javascript

Answer 2

window.location.pathname

Answer 3

You can use window.location.pathname.split('/');

That will produce an array with all of the items between the /'s

Answer 4

This will work for actual paths on the file system if you're not talking the URL string.

var path = document.location.pathname;
var dir = path.substring(path.indexOf('/', 1)+1, path.lastIndexOf('/'));

Answer 5

window.location.pathname will get you the directory, as well as the page name. You could then use .substring() to get the directory:

var loc = window.location.pathname;
var dir = loc.substring(0, loc.lastIndexOf('/'));

Hope this helps!