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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
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        !            18: .\"     @(#)basename.1 6.4 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
        !            19: .\"
        !            20: .Dt BASENAME 1
        !            21: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.4
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm basename , dirname
        !            25: .Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm basename
        !            28: .Ar string
        !            29: .Op Ar suffix
        !            30: .Nm dirname
        !            31: .Ar string
        !            32: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            33: .Nm Basename
        !            34: deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
        !            35: .Sq Li \&/
        !            36: character present in
        !            37: .Ar string ,
        !            38: and a
        !            39: .Ar suffix ,
        !            40: if given.
        !            41: The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
        !            42: If
        !            43: .Ar string
        !            44: ends in the slash character,
        !            45: .Sq Li / ,
        !            46: or is the same as the
        !            47: .Ar suffix
        !            48: argument,
        !            49: a newline is output.
        !            50: A non-existant suffix is ignored.
        !            51: .Pp
        !            52: .Nm Dirname
        !            53: deletes the filename portion, beginning
        !            54: with the last slash
        !            55: .Sq Li \&/
        !            56: character to the end of
        !            57: .Ar string , 
        !            58: and writes the result to the standard output.
        !            59: .Sh EXAMPLES 
        !            60: The following line sets the shell variable
        !            61: .Ev FOO
        !            62: to
        !            63: .Pa /usr/bin .
        !            64: .Pp
        !            65: .Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
        !            66: .Pp
        !            67: Both the
        !            68: .Nm basename
        !            69: and
        !            70: .Nm dirname
        !            71: exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            72: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            73: .Xr csh 1
        !            74: .Xr sh 1
        !            75: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            76: The
        !            77: .Nm basename
        !            78: and
        !            79: .Nm dirname
        !            80: functions are expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.

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