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1 /* dirname -- strip filename suffix from pathname
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 1995 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)
7 any later version.
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
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. */
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
24 #include "system.h"
25 #include "version.h"
26 #include "long-options.h"
27 #include "error.h"
29 void strip_trailing_slashes ();
31 /* The name this program was run with. */
32 char *program_name;
34 static void
35 usage (status)
36 int status;
38 if (status != 0)
39 fprintf (stderr, _("Try `%s --help' for more information.\n"),
40 program_name);
41 else
43 printf (_("\
44 Usage: %s NAME\n\
45 or: %s OPTION\n\
46 "),
47 program_name, program_name);
48 printf (_("\
49 Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,\n\
50 output `.' (meaning the current directory).\n\
51 \n\
52 --help display this help and exit\n\
53 --version output version information and exit\n\
54 "));
56 exit (status);
59 void
60 main (argc, argv)
61 int argc;
62 char **argv;
64 register char *path;
65 register char *slash;
67 program_name = argv[0];
69 parse_long_options (argc, argv, "dirname", version_string, usage);
71 if (argc != 2)
73 error (0, 0, _("too %s arguments"), argc < 2 ? _("few") : _("many"));
74 usage (1);
77 path = argv[1];
78 strip_trailing_slashes (path);
80 slash = strrchr (path, '/');
81 if (slash == NULL)
82 path = (char *) ".";
83 else
85 /* Remove any trailing slashes and final element. */
86 while (slash > path && *slash == '/')
87 --slash;
88 slash[1] = 0;
90 puts (path);
92 exit (0);