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'').
BSD May 10, 2008 BSD
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BASENAME(3) BSD Library Functions Manual BASENAME(3)NAME
basename -- extract the base portion of a pathname
SYNOPSIS
#include <libgen.h>
char *
basename(char *path);
char *
basename_r(const char *path, char *bname);
DESCRIPTION
The basename() function returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by path, deleting any trailing '/' characters. If path con-
sists entirely of '/' characters, a pointer to the string "/" is returned. If path is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the
string "." is returned.
The basename_r() variation accepts a buffer of at least MAXPATHLEN bytes in which to store the resulting component.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The basename() function returns a pointer to internal storage space allocated on the first call that will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
basename_r() is therefore preferred for threaded applications.
RETURN VALUES
On successful completion, basename() and basename_r() return pointers to the last component of path.
If they fail, a null pointer is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The following error codes may be set in errno:
[ENAMETOOLONG] The path component to be returned was larger than MAXPATHLEN.
SEE ALSO basename(1), dirname(1), dirname(3)STANDARDS
The basename() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2 (``XPG4.2'').
HISTORY
The basename() function first appeared in OpenBSD 2.2 and FreeBSD 4.2. The basename_r() function first appeared in OS X 10.12.
AUTHORS
Todd C. Miller
CAVEATS
basename() returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
Other vendor implementations of basename() may modify the contents of the string passed to basename(); this should be taken into account when
writing code which calls this function if portability is desired.
BSD March 31, 2010 BSD
Hi,
I'm running a command :
pargs 20392 | egrep -e "-f "|cut -d " " -f3 | basename
BUT the o/p of cut is not sending to basename.
the o/p of: pargs 20392 | egrep -e "-f "|cut -d " " -f3 is
/home/staff/Properties.cfg
Appreciated ur help.. (2 Replies)
Hi,
can anyone let me know how to interpret the below third line in the following code.
Gone through the man pages of "basename", but no go.
for f in *.foo;
do
base=`basename $f .foo`
mv $f $base.bar
done
Thanks. (2 Replies)
I would like to use basename with wc .. I know I can use awk, but want to use basename.
Change this
wc -l txt*
106 /home/popeye/txt1
154 /home/popeye/txt2
159 /home/popeye/txt3
420 total
to this
wc -l txt*
106 txt1
154 txt2
159 txt3
420 total (4 Replies)