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
MT-Level	MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

basename(1), dirname(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.7  Last Revised 29 Dec 1996

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | USAGE | EXAMPLES | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO