lib/basename.c

   1 /* basename.c -- return the last element in a path
   2    Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3
   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.
   8
   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.
  13
  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.  */
  17
  18 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
  19 # include <config.h>
  20 #endif
  21
  22 /* Return NAME with any leading path stripped off.
  23    Don't use strrchr/rindex.  */
  24
  25 char *
  26 basename (name)
  27      const char *name;
  28 {
  29   const char *base = name;
  30
  31   while (*name)
  32     {
  33       if (*name == '/')
  34         base = name + 1;
  35       ++name;
  36     }
  37   return (char *) base;
  38 }