function str = chompsep(str)
%CHOMPSEP  Remove file separator at end of string.
%		STR = CHOMPSEP(STR) returns the string STR with the file separator at
%		the end of the string removed (if existing). Further, all file
%		separators are replaced by "/".
%
%		Example:
%		str1 = chompseq('/usr/local/');
%		str2 = chompseq('C:\Program Files\');
%
%		Markus Buehren
%		Last modified 03.02.2008 
%
%		See also CONCATPATH.

str = strrep(str, '\', '/');
if ~isempty(str) && str(end) == '/'
	str(end) = '';
end