NAME

dirname − strip non-directory suffix from file name

SYNOPSIS

dirname filename
dirname {−−help,−−version}

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of dirname.  dirname prints all but the final slash-delimited component of filename. If filename is a single component, dirname prints ‘.’ (meaning the current directory). 

OPTIONS

−−help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

−−version
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.