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home | helpBASENAME(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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