.TH DIRNAME 1
.SH NAME
dirname \- strip filename suffix from pathname
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dirname
path
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR dirname .
.B dirname
prints the leading path part of the pathname
.IR path .
If
.I path
does not contain a leading path,
.B dirname
prints `.' (meaning the current directory).