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/* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a path
Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program 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 General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
#ifdef STDC_HEADERS
#include <stdlib.h>
#else
char *malloc ();
#endif
#if defined(USG) || defined(STDC_HEADERS)
#include <string.h>
#define rindex strrchr
#else
#include <strings.h>
#endif
/* Return the leading directories part of PATH,
allocated with malloc. If out of memory, return 0.
Assumes that trailing slashes have already been
removed. */
char *
dirname (path)
char *path;
{
char *newpath;
char *slash;
int length; /* Length of result, not including NUL. */
slash = rindex (path, '/');
if (slash == 0)
{
/* File is in the current directory. */
path = ".";
length = 1;
}
else
{
/* Remove any trailing slashes from the result. */
while (slash > path && *slash == '/')
--slash;
length = slash - path + 1;
}
newpath = malloc (length + 1);
if (newpath == 0)
return 0;
strncpy (newpath, path, length);
newpath[length] = 0;
return newpath;
}