BASENAME(1-SysV)    RISC/os Reference Manual     BASENAME(1-SysV)



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.

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

EXAMPLES
     The following example, 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'`

     The following example will set the shell variable NAME to
     /usr/src/cmd:

          NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

SEE ALSO
     sh(1).























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