1 /* basename.c -- return the last element in a file name
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30 /* Return the address of the last file name component of NAME. If
31 NAME has no relative file name components because it is a file
32 system root, return the empty string. */
35 last_component (char const *name)
37 char const *base = name + FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name);
39 bool saw_slash = false;
41 while (ISSLASH (*base))
44 for (p = base; *p; p++)
59 /* In general, we can't use the builtin `basename' function if available,
60 since it has different meanings in different environments.
61 In some environments the builtin `basename' modifies its argument.
63 Return the last file name component of NAME, allocated with
64 xmalloc. On systems with drive letters, a leading "./"
65 distinguishes relative names that would otherwise look like a drive
66 letter. Unlike POSIX basename(), NAME cannot be NULL,
67 base_name("") returns "", and the first trailing slash is not
70 If lstat (NAME) would succeed, then { chdir (dir_name (NAME));
71 lstat (base_name (NAME)); } will access the same file. Likewise,
72 if the sequence { chdir (dir_name (NAME));
73 rename (base_name (NAME), "foo"); } succeeds, you have renamed NAME
74 to "foo" in the same directory NAME was in. */
77 base_name (char const *name)
79 char const *base = last_component (name);
82 /* If there is no last component, then name is a file system root or the
85 return xstrndup (name, base_len (name));
87 /* Collapse a sequence of trailing slashes into one. */
88 length = base_len (base);
89 if (ISSLASH (base[length]))
92 /* On systems with drive letters, `a/b:c' must return `./b:c' rather
93 than `b:c' to avoid confusion with a drive letter. On systems
94 with pure POSIX semantics, this is not an issue. */
95 if (FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (base))
97 char *p = xmalloc (length + 3);
100 memcpy (p + 2, base, length);
101 p[length + 2] = '\0';
105 /* Finally, copy the basename. */
106 return xstrndup (base, length);
109 /* Return the length of the basename NAME. Typically NAME is the
110 value returned by base_name or last_component. Act like strlen
111 (NAME), except omit all trailing slashes. */
114 base_len (char const *name)
117 size_t prefix_len = FILE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_LEN (name);
119 for (len = strlen (name); 1 < len && ISSLASH (name[len - 1]); len--)
122 if (DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT && len == 1
123 && ISSLASH (name[0]) && ISSLASH (name[1]) && ! name[2])
126 if (FILE_SYSTEM_DRIVE_PREFIX_CAN_BE_RELATIVE && prefix_len
127 && len == prefix_len && ISSLASH (name[prefix_len]))
128 return prefix_len + 1;