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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_36_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>basename - return the last component of a pathname</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<div class="box"><code><tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('XSI')">XSI</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt=
"[Option Start]" border="0"> #include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/libgen.h.html">libgen.h</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
char *basename(char *</tt><i>path</i><tt>); <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border="0"></tt></code></div>
<tt><br>
</tt></blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>basename</i>() function shall take the pathname pointed to by <i>path</i> and return a pointer to the final component of
the pathname, deleting any trailing <tt>'/'</tt> characters.</p>
<p>If the string consists entirely of the <tt>'/'</tt> character, <i>basename</i>() shall return a pointer to the string
<tt>"/"</tt> . If the string is exactly <tt>"//"</tt> , it is implementation-defined whether <tt>'/'</tt> or <tt>"//"</tt> is
returned.</p>
<p>If <i>path</i> is a null pointer or points to an empty string, <i>basename</i>() shall return a pointer to the string
<tt>"."</tt> .</p>
<p>The <i>basename</i>() function may modify the string pointed to by <i>path</i>, and may return a pointer to static storage that
may then be overwritten by a subsequent call to <i>basename</i>().</p>
<p>The <i>basename</i>() function need not be reentrant. A function that is not required to be reentrant is not required to be
thread-safe.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>basename</i>() function shall return a pointer to the final component of <i>path</i>.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>No errors are defined.</p>
</blockquote>
<hr>
<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<h5><a name="tag_03_36_06_01"></a>Using basename()</h5>
<p>The following program fragment returns a pointer to the value <i>lib</i>, which is the base name of <b>/usr/lib</b>.</p>
<pre>
<tt>#include &lt;libgen.h&gt;
...
char *name = "/usr/lib";
char *base;
<br>
base = basename(name);
...
</tt>
</pre>
<h5><a name="tag_03_36_06_02"></a>Sample Input and Output Strings for basename()</h5>
<p>In the following table, the input string is the value pointed to by <i>path</i>, and the output string is the return value of
the <i>basename</i>() function.</p>
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<table border="1" cellpadding="3" align="center">
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<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Input String</b></p>
</th>
<th align="center">
<p class="tent"><b>Output String</b></p>
</th>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"/usr/lib"</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"lib"</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"/usr/"</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"usr"</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"/"</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"/"</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"///"</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"/"</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"//usr//lib//"</p>
</td>
<td align="left">
<p class="tent">"lib"</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_36_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="dirname.html"><i>dirname</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../basedefs/libgen.h.html"><i>&lt;libgen.h&gt;</i></a>, the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href=
"../utilities/basename.html"><i>basename</i></a></p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>First released in Issue 4, Version 2.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_12"></a>Issue 5</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Moved from X/OPEN UNIX extension to BASE.</p>
<p>Normative text previously in the APPLICATION USAGE section is moved to the DESCRIPTION.</p>
<p>A note indicating that this function need not be reentrant is added to the DESCRIPTION.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_36_13"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>In the DESCRIPTION, the note about reentrancy is expanded to cover thread-safety.</p>
</blockquote>
<div class="box"><em>End of informative text.</em></div>
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