NAME
basename —
extract the base portion of a
pathname
SYNOPSIS
#include
<libgen.h>
char *
basename(char
*path);
DESCRIPTION
Thebasename()
function returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by
path, deleting any trailing ‘/’
characters.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
This implementation of basename() uses the
buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname component.
Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage space
instead. The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures
thread-safety, while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of
the pathname.
RETURN VALUES
If path consists entirely of ‘/’ characters, a pointer to the string "/" is returned. If path is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string "." is returned. Otherwise, it returns a pointer to the last component of path.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The basename() function conforms to
X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4, Version 2
(“XPG4.2”).
HISTORY
The basename() function first appeared in
OpenBSD 2.2 and FreeBSD
4.2.
In FreeBSD 12.0, this function was
reimplemented to store its result in the provided input buffer. There is no
longer any need to use the basename_r()
function.
AUTHORS
Nuxi, the Netherlands