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| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Monday, June 3, 2002 6:50:07 pm | by perry | Revert |
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-DIRNAME
-!!!DIRNAME
-NAME
-SYNOPSIS
-DESCRIPTION
-AUTHOR
-REPORTING BUGS
-COPYRIGHT
-SEE ALSO
-----
!!NAME
-
dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name
+
!!SYNOPSIS
+__dirname__ ''NAME'' %%%
+__dirname__ ''OPTION''
-
-__dirname__ ''NAME''__
-dirname__ ''OPTION''
!!DESCRIPTION
+Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
-Print NAME with its trailing /component removed
; if NAME
-contains no /'s,
output `.' (meaning the current
-directory).
+; __--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 David !MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
-Written by David !MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
!!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 __dirname__ is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the __info__ and __dirname__ programs are properly installed at your site, the command __info dirname__ should give you access to the complete manual.
-The full documentation for __
dirname__
is maintained as a
-Texinfo manual. If
the __info__
and __dirname__
-programs are properly installed at your site
, the
-command
-
-
-__info
dirname__
-
-
-should
give you access to the complete manual
.
+dirname(1)
is the 'opposite' of basename(1) - given a path
and a filename (/foo/bar/baz)
, basename will give you 'baz' and
dirname will
give you /foo/bar/
.
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