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- /* basename.c -- return the leading elements in a path
- Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- The Linux C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- The Linux C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- Library General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
- License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
- not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
- Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
-
- #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
- #include <config.h>
- #endif
- #include <ansidecl.h>
- #include "xstring.h"
-
- /* Return NAME with any leading path stripped off. */
-
- char *
- DEFUN(dirname, (name), CONST char *name)
- {
- char *base;
-
- base = strrchr (name, '/');
- if (base)
- {
- while (*--base == '/')
- ;
- base++;
- }
- return base ? strndup (name, base - name) : ".";
- }
-