linux man page for dirname

DIRNAME(1)							   User Commands							DIRNAME(1)

NAME
       dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS
       dirname NAME
       dirname OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
       dirname /usr/bin/sort
	      Output "/usr/bin".

       dirname stdio.h
	      Output ".".

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       basename(1), readlink(1)

       The  full  documentation  for  dirname  is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your
       site, the command

	      info coreutils 'dirname invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.5						   February 2011							DIRNAME(1)