minix man page for basename

BASENAME(1)						      General Commands Manual						       BASENAME(1)

NAME
       basename, dirname - strip off file prefixes and suffixes

SYNOPSIS
       basename file [suffix]
       dirname file

OPTIONS
       (none)

EXAMPLES
       basename /user/ast/file.c
			   # Strips path to yield file.c

       basename /user/file.c .c
			   # Strips path and .c to yield file

       dirname /user/file.c
			   # Strips basename to yield /user

DESCRIPTION
       Basename  removes the initial directory names (if any) yielding the name of the file itself.  If a second argument is present, it is inter-
       preted as a suffix and is also stripped, if present.

       Dirname removes the final component of a path, yielding the directory a file is in.

       These programs are primarily used in shell scripts.

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