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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/basename/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/basename/basename.130
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/basename/Makefile b/usr.bin/basename/Makefile
index b74cfe54c2c..93ab1c4d7f1 100644
--- a/usr.bin/basename/Makefile
+++ b/usr.bin/basename/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 1997/09/21 11:48:25 deraadt Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.4 1998/07/04 08:52:31 deraadt Exp $
PROG= basename
-MLINKS= basename.1 dirname.1
+MAN= basename.1 dirname.1
.include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.bin/basename/basename.1 b/usr.bin/basename/basename.1
index a79ea5b1ae9..1ff9fcc06dd 100644
--- a/usr.bin/basename/basename.1
+++ b/usr.bin/basename/basename.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: basename.1,v 1.3 1997/11/15 20:23:52 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: basename.1,v 1.4 1998/07/04 08:52:32 deraadt Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: basename.1,v 1.9 1995/03/25 18:17:45 glass Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
@@ -41,14 +41,12 @@
.Dt BASENAME 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm basename , dirname
-.Nd return filename or directory portion of pathname
+.Nm basename
+.Nd return filename portion of pathname
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm basename
.Ar string
.Op Ar suffix
-.Nm dirname
-.Ar string
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Basename
deletes any prefix ending with the last slash
@@ -61,35 +59,25 @@ if given.
The resulting filename is written to the standard output.
A non-existent suffix is ignored.
.Pp
-.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 .
+.Pa ls .
.Pp
-.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
+.Dl FOO=`basename /usr/bin/trail`
.Pp
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-Both the
+The
.Nm basename
-and
-.Nm dirname
-utilities
+utility
exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr dirname 1 ,
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr sh 1
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm basename
-and
-.Nm dirname
-utilities conform to
+utility conform to
.St -p1003.2-92 .