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1 /* basename.c -- return the last element in a path
2 Copyright (C) 1990 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 #if defined(USG) || defined(STDC_HEADERS)
19 #include <string.h>
20 #define rindex strrchr
21 #else
22 #include <strings.h>
23 #endif
25 /* Return NAME with any leading path stripped off. */
27 char *
28 basename (name)
29 char *name;
31 char *base;
33 base = rindex (name, '/');
34 return base ? base + 1 : name;