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BASENAME(3)           DragonFly Library Functions Manual           BASENAME(3)

NAME
     basename - extract the base portion of a pathname

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <libgen.h>

     char *
     basename(char *path);

DESCRIPTION
     The basename() function returns the last component from the pathname
     pointed to by path, deleting any trailing `/' characters.  If path
     consists entirely of `/' characters, a pointer to the string "/" is
     returned.  If path is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to
     the string "." is returned.

RETURN VALUES
     On successful completion, basename() returns a pointer to the last
     component of path.

     If basename() fails, a null pointer is returned and the global variable
     errno is set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The following error codes may be set in errno:

     [ENAMETOOLONG]     The path component to be returned was larger than
                        MAXPATHLEN.

SEE ALSO
     basename(1), dirname(1), dirname(3)

STANDARDS
     The basename() function conforms to X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4,
     Version 2 ("XPG4.2").

HISTORY
     The basename() function first appeared in OpenBSD 2.2 and FreeBSD 4.2.

AUTHORS
     Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>

DragonFly 5.7-DEVELOPMENT       January 4, 2020      DragonFly 5.7-DEVELOPMENT