ultrix man page for dirname

Query: dirname

OS: ultrix

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dirname(1)						      General Commands Manual							dirname(1)

Name
       dirname - deliver directory names from pathname

Syntax
       dirname string

Description
       The command delivers all but the last level of the path name in string.

Examples
       The following example sets the Bourne shell variable NAME to
       NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

See Also
       basename(1), sh(1), sh5(1), ksh(1)

																	dirname(1)
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