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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.9 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd August 17, 1997
+.Dt DIRNAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm dirname
+.Nd extract the directory portition of a pathname
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In libgen.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fn dirname "const char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function
+is the converse of
+.Xr basename 3 ;
+it returns a pointer to the parent directory of the pathname pointed to by
+.Ar path .
+Any trailing
+.Sq \&/
+characters are not counted as part of the directory
+name.
+If
+.Ar path
+is a null pointer, the empty string, or contains no
+.Sq \&/
+characters,
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&. ,
+signifying the current directory.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+On successful completion,
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to the parent directory of
+.Ar path .
+.Pp
+If
+.Fn dirname
+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
+.Fn dirname
+returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls (each function has its own separate storage).
+.Pp
+Other vendor implementations of
+.Fn dirname
+may modify the contents of the string passed to
+.Fn dirname ;
+this should be taken into account when writing code which calls this function
+if portability is desired.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr basename 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 1 ,
+.Xr basename 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function conforms to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function first appeared in
+.Ox 2.2
+and
+.Fx 4.2 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>