filePathElements.go

// split a file path into all the elements of the path
func filePathElements(f string) []string {
	paths := make([]string, 0)
	fTemp := f
	lastElem := ""
	for fTemp != "" && fTemp != "/" {
		fTemp, lastElem = filepath.Split(filepath.Clean(fTemp))
		paths = append([]string{lastElem}, paths...)
	}
	return paths
}