basename(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      basename(3C)

NAME

       basename - return the last element of a path name

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 the string consists entirely of the '/' character, 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.

USAGE

       The basename() function may modify the string pointed to by path, and may return a pointer to static storage that may then  be  overwritten
       by a subsequent call to basename().

       When  compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line.  This flag should only be used in mul-
       tithreaded applications.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 Examples for Input String and Output String

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

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       basename(1), dirname(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    24 Jul 2002 						      basename(3C)