basename(3C)

Name | Synopsis | Description | Return Values | Usage | Examples | Attributes | See Also

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 multithreaded applications.

Examples

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Example 1 Examples for Input String and Output String




Input String	Output String
"/usr/lib"	"lib"
"/usr/"	"usr"
"/"	"/"

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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 5.10  Last Revised 24 Jul 2002

Name | Synopsis | Description | Return Values | Usage | Examples | Attributes | See Also