BASENAME(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					       BASENAME(3)

NAME

     basename -- return the last component of a pathname

LIBRARY

     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <libgen.h>

     char *
     basename(char *path);

DESCRIPTION

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

     If path consists entirely of '/' characters, basename() returns a pointer to the string ``/''.

     If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string, basename() returns a pointer to the string ``.''.

RETURN VALUES

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

SEE ALSO

     basename(1), dirname(3)

STANDARDS

     o	 X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'')
     o	 IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'')

BUGS

     If the length of the result is longer than PATH_MAX bytes (including the terminating nul), the result will be truncated.

     The basename() function returns a pointer to static storage that may be overwritten by subsequent calls to basename().  This is not strictly
     a bug; it is explicitly allowed by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

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								   May 10, 2008 							       BSD