BASENAME(C)              XENIX System V               BASENAME(C)



     Name
          basename - Removes directory names from pathnames.

     Syntax
          basename string [ suffix ]

     Description
          basename deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if
          present in string) from string, and prints the result on the
          standard output.  The result is the ``base'' name of the
          file, i.e., the filename without any preceding directory
          path and without an extension.  It is used inside
          substitution marks (``) in shell procedures to construct new
          filenames.

          The related command dirname deletes the last level from
          string and prints the resulting path on the standard output.

     Examples
          The following command displays the filename memos on the
          standard output:

               basename /usr/johnh/memos.old .old

          The following shell procedure, when 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`

     See Also
          dirname(C), sh(C)





















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