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BASENAME(1)		  BSD General Commands Manual		   BASENAME(1)

NAME
     basename, dirname — return filename or directory portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS
     basename string [suffix]
     basename [-a] [-s suffix] string [...]
     dirname string [...]

DESCRIPTION
     The basename utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash ‘/’
     character present in string (after first stripping trailing slashes), and
     a suffix, if given.  The suffix is not stripped if it is identical to the
     remaining characters in string.  The resulting filename is written to the
     standard output.  A non-existent suffix is ignored.  If -a is specified,
     then every argument is treated as a string as if basename were invoked
     with just one argument.  If -s is specified, then the suffix is taken as
     its argument, and all other arguments are treated as a string.

     The dirname utility deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last
     slash ‘/’ character to the end of string (after first stripping trailing
     slashes), and writes the result to the standard output.

EXIT STATUS
     The basename and dirname utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error
     occurs.

EXAMPLES
     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to /usr/bin.

	   FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), sh(1), basename(3), dirname(3)

STANDARDS
     The basename and dirname utilities are expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2
     (“POSIX.2”) compatible.

BSD				April 18, 1994				   BSD
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