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= string.match([[/mnt/tmp/myfile.txt]], "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
"/mnt/tmp/" "myfile.txt"    "txt"

= string.match([[/mnt/tmp/myfile.txt.1]], "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
"/mnt/tmp/" "myfile.txt.1"  "1"

= string.match([[c:\temp\test\myfile.txt]], "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
"c:\\temp\\test\\"  "myfile.txt"    "txt"

= string.match([[/test.i/directory.here/filename]], "(.-)([^\\/]-%.?([^%.\\/]*))$")
"/test.i/directory.here/"   "filename"  "filename"