1 /* basename.c -- return the last element in a path
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
27 /* In general, we can't use the builtin `basename' function if available,
28 since it has different meanings in different environments.
29 In some environments the builtin `basename' modifies its argument.
31 Return the address of the last file name component of NAME. If
32 NAME has no file name components because it is all slashes, return
33 NAME if it is empty, the address of its last slash otherwise. */
36 base_name (char const *name
)
38 char const *base
= name
+ FILESYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name
);
41 for (p
= base
; *p
; p
++)
45 /* Treat multiple adjacent slashes like a single slash. */
49 /* If the file name ends in slash, use the trailing slash as
50 the basename if no non-slashes have been found. */
58 /* *P is a non-slash preceded by a slash. */
66 /* Return the length of of the basename NAME. Typically NAME is the
67 value returned by base_name. Act like strlen (NAME), except omit
68 redundant trailing slashes. */
71 base_len (char const *name
)
75 for (len
= strlen (name
); 1 < len
&& ISSLASH (name
[len
- 1]); len
--)