BASENAME(1)                          SysV                          BASENAME(1)



NAME
     basename, dirname - deliver portions of path names

SYNOPSIS
     basename string [ suffix ]
     dirname string

DESCRIPTION
     basename deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if present in
     string) from string, and prints the result on the standard output.  It is
     normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures.

     dirname delivers all but the last level of the path name in string.

EXAMPLES
     The following example, invoked with the argument /usr/src/cmd/cat.c,
     compiles the named file and moves the output to a file named cat in the
     current directory:

          cc $1
          mv a.out `basename $1 '\.c'`

     The following example sets the shell variable NAME to /usr/src/cmd:

          NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

SEE ALSO
     sh(1).