1 /* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a file name
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2009-2017 Free Software
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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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16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
26 /* Return the length of the prefix of FILE that will be used by
27 dir_name. If FILE is in the working directory, this returns zero
28 even though 'dir_name (FILE)' will return ".". Works properly even
29 if there are trailing slashes (by effectively ignoring them). */
32 dir_len (char const *file
)
34 size_t prefix_length
= FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (file
);
37 /* Advance prefix_length beyond important leading slashes. */
38 prefix_length
+= (prefix_length
!= 0
39 ? (FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE
40 && ISSLASH (file
[prefix_length
]))
42 ? ((DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT
43 && ISSLASH (file
[1]) && ! ISSLASH (file
[2])
47 /* Strip the basename and any redundant slashes before it. */
48 for (length
= last_component (file
) - file
;
49 prefix_length
< length
; length
--)
50 if (! ISSLASH (file
[length
- 1]))
56 /* In general, we can't use the builtin 'dirname' function if available,
57 since it has different meanings in different environments.
58 In some environments the builtin 'dirname' modifies its argument.
60 Return the leading directories part of FILE, allocated with malloc.
61 Works properly even if there are trailing slashes (by effectively
62 ignoring them). Return NULL on failure.
64 If lstat (FILE) would succeed, then { chdir (dir_name (FILE));
65 lstat (base_name (FILE)); } will access the same file. Likewise,
66 if the sequence { chdir (dir_name (FILE));
67 rename (base_name (FILE), "foo"); } succeeds, you have renamed FILE
68 to "foo" in the same directory FILE was in. */
71 mdir_name (char const *file
)
73 size_t length
= dir_len (file
);
74 bool append_dot
= (length
== 0
75 || (FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE
76 && length
== FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (file
)
77 && file
[2] != '\0' && ! ISSLASH (file
[2])));
78 char *dir
= malloc (length
+ append_dot
+ 1);
81 memcpy (dir
, file
, length
);