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1 /* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a path
2 Copyright (C) 1990, 1998 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 Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
19 # include <config.h>
20 #endif
22 #ifdef STDC_HEADERS
23 # include <stdlib.h>
24 #else
25 char *malloc ();
26 #endif
27 #if defined STDC_HEADERS || defined HAVE_STRING_H
28 # include <string.h>
29 #else
30 # include <strings.h>
31 # ifndef strrchr
32 # define strrchr rindex
33 # endif
34 #endif
36 #include "dirname.h"
38 /* Return the leading directories part of PATH,
39 allocated with malloc. If out of memory, return 0.
40 Assumes that trailing slashes have already been
41 removed. */
43 char *
44 dir_name (const char *path)
46 char *newpath;
47 char *slash;
48 int length; /* Length of result, not including NUL. */
50 slash = strrchr (path, '/');
51 if (slash == 0)
53 /* File is in the current directory. */
54 path = ".";
55 length = 1;
57 else
59 /* Remove any trailing slashes from the result. */
60 #ifdef MSDOS
61 char *lim = (path[0] >= 'A' && path[0] <= 'z' && path[1] == ':')
62 ? path + 2 : path;
64 /* If canonicalized "d:/path", leave alone the root case "d:/". */
65 while (slash > lim && *slash == '/')
66 --slash;
67 #else
68 while (slash > path && *slash == '/')
69 --slash;
70 #endif
72 length = slash - path + 1;
74 newpath = (char *) malloc (length + 1);
75 if (newpath == 0)
76 return 0;
77 strncpy (newpath, path, length);
78 newpath[length] = 0;
79 return newpath;