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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Tuesday, November 4, 2003 9:41:21 am by CraigBox
Older page: version 1 Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:49:58 pm by perry Revert
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-BASENAME  
-!!!BASENAME  
-NAME  
-SYNOPSIS  
-DESCRIPTION  
-AUTHOR  
-REPORTING BUGS  
-COPYRIGHT  
-SEE ALSO  
-----  
 !!NAME 
-  
  
 basename - strip directory and suffix from filenames 
+  
 !!SYNOPSIS 
  
+__basename__ ''NAME'' [[''SUFFIX'']__ %%%  
+__basename__ ''OPTION''  
  
-__basename__ ''NAME'' [[''SUFFIX'']__  
-basename__ ''OPTION''  
 !!DESCRIPTION 
  
+Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.  
  
-Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If  
-specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.  
+; __--help__ : display this help and exit  
+; __--version__ : output version information and exit  
  
  
-__--help__  
-  
-  
-display this help and exit  
-  
-  
-__--version__  
-  
-  
-output version information and exit  
 !!AUTHOR 
+Written by FIXME unknown.  
  
-  
-Written by FIXME unknown.  
 !!REPORTING BUGS 
  
+Report bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>.  
  
-Report bugs to  
 !!COPYRIGHT 
  
+Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  
  
-Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  
-This is free software; see the source for copying  
-conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for  
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
-PURPOSE.  
 !!SEE ALSO 
  
+The full documentation for __basename__ is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __basename__  
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command __info basename__ should give you access to the complete manual.  
  
-The full documentation for __ basename__ is maintained as  
- a Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __basename__  
-programs are properly installed at your site, the  
-command  
-  
-  
-__info basename__  
-  
-  
-should give you access to the complete manual .  
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+If you want a utility that does the opposite of basename (takes a path and filename and returns you the path), see dirname(1)
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