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authorTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-07-04 08:53:04 +0000
committerTheo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-07-04 08:53:04 +0000
commit13cff5f84efe5b0740f696503852034b7beb831c (patch)
treef5e611077935bfa59f887239418cd5662ae6b0ec
parent953a57b2e223c8401c3ed8056c022fe89c3a59bc (diff)
split dirname and basename man pages; add dirname
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/dirname.393
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/basename/dirname.177
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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3 b/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3
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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
+.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+.\" INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+.\" AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+.\" THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
+.\" EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+.\" PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
+.\" OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.1 1998/07/04 08:53:03 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.Dd August 17, 1997
+.Dt DIRNAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dirname
+.Nd extract the directory portition of a pathname
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <libgen.h>
+.Ft char *
+.Fn dirname "char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function
+is the converse of
+.Xr basename 3 ;
+it returns a pointer to the parent directory of the pathname pointed to by
+.Ar path .
+Any trailing '/' characters are not counted as part of the directory
+name. If
+.Ar path
+is a NULL pointer, the empty string, or contains no '/' characters,
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to the string ".", signifying the current directory.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+On successful completion,
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to the parent directory of
+.Ar path.
+.Pp
+If
+.Fn dirname
+fails, a NULL pointer is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The following error codes may be set in
+.Va errno :
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
+the path component to be returned was larger than
+.Va MANPATHLEN .
+.Sh WARNINGS
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls (each function has its own separate storage).
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr basename 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 1 ,
+.Xr basename 3 ,
+.Xr dirname 1
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function conforms to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function first appeared in
+.Ox 2.2 .
+.Sh AUTHOR
+.nf
+Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.fi
diff --git a/usr.bin/basename/dirname.1 b/usr.bin/basename/dirname.1
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+.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.1,v 1.1 1998/07/04 08:53:03 deraadt Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
+.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
+.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
+.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
+.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+.\" without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
+.\"
+.\" @(#)dirname.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 18, 1994
+.Dt DIRNAME 1
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dirname
+.Nd return directory portion of pathname
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm dirname
+.Ar string
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Nm Dirname
+deletes the filename portion, beginning
+with the last slash
+.Ql \&/
+character to the end of
+.Ar string ,
+and writes the result to the standard output.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following line sets the shell variable
+.Ev FOO
+to
+.Pa /usr/bin .
+.Pp
+.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
+.Pp
+.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
+The
+.Nm dirname
+utility
+exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr basename 1 ,
+.Xr csh 1 ,
+.Xr sh 1
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Nm dirname
+utility conform to
+.St -p1003.2-92 .