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1 /* dirname -- strip suffix from file name
3 Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 1999-2002, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software
4 Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18 Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
20 /* Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. */
22 #include <config.h>
23 #include <getopt.h>
24 #include <stdio.h>
25 #include <sys/types.h>
27 #include "system.h"
28 #include "long-options.h"
29 #include "error.h"
30 #include "quote.h"
32 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
33 #define PROGRAM_NAME "dirname"
35 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie", "Jim Meyering"
37 /* The name this program was run with. */
38 char *program_name;
40 void
41 usage (int status)
43 if (status != EXIT_SUCCESS)
44 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
45 program_name);
46 else
48 printf (_("\
49 Usage: %s NAME\n\
50 or: %s OPTION\n\
51 "),
52 program_name, program_name);
53 fputs (_("\
54 Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,\n\
55 output `.' (meaning the current directory).\n\
56 \n\
57 "), stdout);
58 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
59 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
60 printf (_("\
61 \n\
62 Examples:\n\
63 %s /usr/bin/sort Output \"/usr/bin\".\n\
64 %s stdio.h Output \".\".\n\
65 "),
66 program_name, program_name);
67 printf (_("\nReport bugs to <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
69 exit (status);
72 int
73 main (int argc, char **argv)
75 static char const dot = '.';
76 char const *result;
77 size_t len;
79 initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
80 program_name = argv[0];
81 setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
82 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
83 textdomain (PACKAGE);
85 atexit (close_stdout);
87 parse_long_options (argc, argv, PROGRAM_NAME, GNU_PACKAGE, VERSION,
88 usage, AUTHORS, (char const *) NULL);
89 if (getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", NULL, NULL) != -1)
90 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
92 if (argc < optind + 1)
94 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
95 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
98 if (optind + 1 < argc)
100 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"), quote (argv[optind + 1]));
101 usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
104 result = argv[optind];
105 len = dir_len (result);
107 if (! len)
109 result = &dot;
110 len = 1;
113 fwrite (result, 1, len, stdout);
114 putchar ('\n');
116 exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);