dirname - report the parent directory name of a file path name / basename - return the last element of a path name
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dirname(3C)
Name
dirname - report the parent directory name of a file path name
Synopsis
#include <libgen.h> char *dirname(char *path);
Description
The dirname() function takes a pointer to a character string that contains a pathname, and returns a pointer to a string that is a pathname of the parent directory of that file. Trailing '/' characters in the path are not counted as part of the path.
If path does not contain a '/', then dirname() returns a pointer to the string "." . If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string, dirname() returns a pointer to the string "." .
Return Values
The dirname() function returns a pointer to a string that is the parent directory of path. If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string, a pointer to a string "." is returned.
Errors
No errors are defined.
Examples
Example 1 Changing the Current Directory to the Parent Directory.
The following code fragment reads a pathname, changes the current working directory to the parent directory of the named file (see chdir(2)), and opens the file.
char path[[MAXPATHLEN], *pathcopy; int fd; fgets(path, MAXPATHLEN, stdin); pathcopy = strdup(path); chdir(dirname(pathcopy)); fd = open(basename(path), O_RDONLY);
Example 2 Sample Input and Output Strings for dirname().
In the following table, the input string is the value pointed to by path, and the output string is the return value of the dirname() function.
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Usage
The dirname() function modifies the string pointed to by path.
The dirname() and basename(3C) functions together yield a complete pathname. The expression dirname(path) obtains the pathname of the directory where basename(path) is found.
Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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See also
basename(1), chdir(2), basename(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)
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basename(3C)
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
Example 1 Examples for Input String and Output String
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Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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See also
basename(1), dirname(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)
