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

SEE ALSO

basename(1), dirname(3G).