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Command: dirname | Section: 1 | Source: MINIX | File: dirname.1
BASENAME(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual BASENAME(1)
NAME
basename, dirname - return filename or directory portion of pathname
SYNOPSIS
basename string [suffix]
dirname string
DESCRIPTION
basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash `/' character
present in string, and a suffix, if given. The resulting filename is
written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored.
dirname deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last slash `/'
character to the end of string, and writes the result to the standard
output.
EXIT STATUS
Both 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 conform to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992
("POSIX.2").
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 April 18, 1994 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8