Is there a way to set a basename for an output Directory?

Question

[ionox0]

For example:

  clipping_dir:
    type: Directory
    outputBinding:
      glob: '*/'
      outputEval: |
        ${
          self.basename = inputs.fastq1.basename.replace('_R1_*', '');
          return self
        }

This results in the following output directory:

"clipping_dir": {
    "basename": "",
    "nameext": "",
    "nameroot": "",
    "location": "file:///home/johnsoni/TEST_RUNS_7/3463813341082909bfada3015f8e63ce/3463813341082909bfada3015f8e63ce",
    "class": "Directory"
},

[chrisball053]

Can you post an example directory?

[finswimmer]

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Answer 1

[ionox0]

I got this to work with the following example:

  clipping_dir:
    type: Directory
    outputBinding:
      glob: '*/'
      outputEval: |
        ${
          self[0].basename = inputs.fastq1.basename.split('_R1_')[0] + '_umi_clipping_results';
          return self[0]
        }

I assume that */ becomes an array, and that the first element must be accessed with [0]

However, I'm not sure if this follows the best practices for doing this in CWL