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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.12 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd August 17, 1997
+.Dt BASENAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm basename
+.Nd extract the base portion of a pathname
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In libgen.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fn basename "const char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn basename
+function
+returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by
+.Fa path ,
+deleting any trailing
+.Sq \&/
+characters.
+If
+.Fa path
+consists entirely of
+.Sq \&/
+characters, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&/
+is returned.
+If
+.Fa path
+is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&.
+is returned.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+On successful completion,
+.Fn basename
+returns a pointer to the last component of
+.Fa path .
+.Pp
+If
+.Fn basename
+fails, a null pointer is returned and the global variable
+.Va errno
+is set to indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+The following error codes may be set in
+.Va errno :
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
+The path component to be returned was larger than
+.Dv MAXPATHLEN .
+.El
+.Sh WARNINGS
+The
+.Fn basename
+function
+returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr basename 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn basename
+function conforms to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn basename
+function first appeared in
+.Ox 2.2
+and
+.Fx 4.2 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An "Todd C. Miller" Aq Todd.Miller@courtesan.com