basename(3G)                      SDK R4.11                     basename(3G)


NAME
       basename - return the last element of a path name

SYNOPSIS
       cc [flag ...] file ...  -lgen [library ...]

       #include <libgen.h>

       char *basename (char *path);

DESCRIPTION
       Given a pointer to a null-terminated character string that contains a
       path name, basename returns a pointer to the last element of path.
       Trailing ``/'' characters are deleted.

       If path or *path is zero, pointer to a static constant ``.'' is
       returned.

EXAMPLES
                           Input string   Output pointer
                           ------------------------------
                           /usr/lib       lib
                           /usr/          usr
                           /              /

SEE ALSO
       dirname(3G).
       basename(1).


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