05-24-2007
Yes, I know, but I never have '.' in my path...
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
basename
basename(3C) basename(3C)
NAME
basename(), dirname() - extract components of a path name
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
takes the path name pointed to by path and returns a pointer to the final component of the path name, deleting any trailing '/' characters.
If the string consists entirely of '/' characters, returns a pointer to the string "/". If path is a null pointer or points to the empty
string, returns a pointer to the string ".".
takes the path name pointed to by path and returns a pointer to a string that is a path name of the parent directory of that file. If path
is a null pointer, points to the empty string, or does not contain a '/' character, then returns a pointer to the string ".".
RETURN VALUE
returns a pointer to the final component of path.
returns a pointer to a string that is the parent directory of path.
EXAMPLES
The following code fragment calls and
WARNINGS
and may overwrite path.
and in non-threaded applications currently use a static buffer in each function to hold the result string. Any subsequent calls to and may
overwrite the static buffer. At some release after HP-UX 11i Version 1, HP may use to allocate the buffers. Once allocated, those buffers
will be reused and their addresses will not change; however, if the fails, and would return "." and would be set to
AUTHOR
and were developed by HP.
SEE ALSO
basename(1), thread_safety(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
basename(3C)