basename(1)                    DG/UX R4.11MU05                   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.  The suffix is a pattern as defined on the ed(1) manual
       page.

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

EXAMPLES
       The following example, invoked with the argument
       /home/sms/personal/mail sets the environment variable NAME to the
       file named mail and the environment variable MYMAILPATH to the string
       /home/sms/personal.

              NAME=`basename $HOME/personal/mail`
              MYMAILPATH=`dirname $HOME/personal/mail`

       This shell procedure, invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c,
       compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current
       directory:
              cc $1
              mv a.out `basename $1 .c`

DIAGNOSTICS
       The following exit values are returned:

        0  Successful completion.

       >0  An error occurred.

SEE ALSO
       ed(1), sh(1).


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