basename(1)							   basename(1)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename, dirname - deliver portions of pathnames

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename string [ suffix ]
     dirname string

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename deletes any prefix ending	in / and the suffix (if	present	in
     string) from string, and prints the result	on the standard	output.	 It is
     normally used inside substitution marks (``) within shell procedures.
     The suffix	is a pattern as	defined	on the ed(1) manual page.

     dirname delivers all but the last level of	the pathname in	string.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following example, invoked with the argument /home/sms/personal/mail
     sets the environment variable NAME	to the filenamed mail and the
     environment variable MYMAILPATH to	the string /home/sms/personal.

	  NAME=`basename $HOME/personal/mail`
	  MYMAILPATH=`dirname $HOME/personal/mail`

     This shell	procedure, invoked with	the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c,
     compiles the named	file and moves the output to cat in the	current
     directory:

	  cc $1
	  mv a.out `basename $1	'\.c'`

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

     /usr/lib/locale/locale<b>/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore
	  language-specific message file (See LANG on environ(5).)

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     ed(1), sh(1).


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