1 /* dirname -- strip filename suffix from pathname
2 Copyright (C) 1990-1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include "long-options.h"
28 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no `g' prefix). */
29 #define PROGRAM_NAME "dirname"
31 #define AUTHORS "David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering"
33 void strip_trailing_slashes ();
35 /* The name this program was run with. */
42 fprintf (stderr
, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
50 program_name
, program_name
);
52 Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,\n\
53 output `.' (meaning the current directory).\n\
55 --help display this help and exit\n\
56 --version output version information and exit\n\
58 puts (_("\nReport bugs to <bug-sh-utils@gnu.org>."));
64 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
69 program_name
= argv
[0];
70 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
71 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
74 parse_long_options (argc
, argv
, PROGRAM_NAME
, GNU_PACKAGE
, VERSION
,
79 error (0, 0, argc
< 2 ? _("too few arguments")
80 : _("too many arguments"));
85 strip_trailing_slashes (path
);
87 slash
= strrchr (path
, '/');
92 /* Remove any trailing slashes and final element. */
93 while (slash
> path
&& *slash
== '/')