From c54c73bc1446509e3d6fa1ae201b3ef60561a094 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <iamreiver@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 06:12:03 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] initial commits

---
 filename.go | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 filename.go

diff --git a/filename.go b/filename.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..923fb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filename.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package raft
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+)
+
+// fileName returns the file-name of an fs.File.
+func fileName(file fs.File) (string, error) {
+
+	if nil == file {
+		return "", errNilFile
+	}
+
+	var fileinfo fs.FileInfo
+	{
+		var err error
+
+		fileinfo, err = fileInfo(file)
+		if nil != err {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return fileinfo.Name(), nil
+}