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NAME

       basename -- return the last component of a pathname

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libgen.h>

       char *basename(char *path);

DESCRIPTION

       The basename() function shall take the pathname pointed to by path and return a pointer to the final component of  the  pathname,  deleting
       any trailing '/' characters.

       If  the	string	pointed  to  by  path consists entirely of the '/' character, basename() shall return a pointer to the string "/".  If the
       string pointed to by path is exactly "//", it is implementation-defined whether '/' or "//" is returned.

       If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string, basename() shall return a pointer to the string ".".

       The basename() function may modify the string pointed to by path, and may return a pointer to internal storage. The returned pointer  might
       be invalidated or the storage might be overwritten by a subsequent call to basename().

       The basename() function need not be thread-safe.

RETURN VALUE

       The basename() function shall return a pointer to the final component of path.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Using basename()
       The following program fragment returns a pointer to the value lib, which is the base name of /usr/lib.

	   #include <libgen.h>
	   ...
	   char *name = "/usr/lib";
	   char *base;

	   base = basename(name);
	   ...

   Sample Input and Output Strings for basename()
       In the following table, the input string is the value pointed to by path, and the output string is the return value of the basename() func-
       tion.

							    +---------------+---------------+
							    | Input String  | Output String |
							    +---------------+---------------+
							    |"/usr/lib"     | "lib"	    |
							    |"/usr/"	    | "usr"	    |
							    |"/"	    | "/"	    |
							    |"///"	    | "/"	    |
							    |"//usr//lib//" | "lib"	    |
							    +---------------+---------------+
APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       dirname()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <libgen.h>

       The Shell and Utilities volume of POSIX.1-2008, basename

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
       ogy  --	Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
       Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
       dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .

       Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source
       files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

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/The Open Group						       2013							      BASENAME(3P)