BASENAME(3)

NAME
basename, dirname - get components of a pathname

SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>

char *basename (const char *path);
char *dirname (const char *path);

DESCRIPTION
basename returns a pointer to the file component of path. If path ends with a directory separator, then basename returns an empty string.

dirname returns a pointer to an internal buffer containing the directory component of path, without a trailing directory separator. If path ends with a directory separator, then that character is the only part of path not included in the resultant string. If path is NULL, an empty string is returned.

Unlike ExpandPathGS(2), dirname does not expand any GS/OS prefixes that may be present in path.

Under GS/OS, permissable directory separators are : and /, with the former taking precedence.

COMPATIBILITY
basename is thread-safe; dirname is not.

BUGS
If path is longer than PATH_MAX characters, dirname will only consider the first PATH_MAX-1 characters.

AUTHOR
Devin Reade <gdr@myrias.com>