basename(3G)

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 the string pointed to by path contains / only, basename returns a pointer to /.

If path or path is zero, pointer to a static constant ``.'' is returned.

References

basename(1), dirname(3G)

Examples

Input string Output pointer

/usr/lib lib

/usr/ usr

/ /