1 /* dirname -- strip filename suffix from pathname
2 Copyright (C) 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 1995 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16 Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering. */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include "long-options.h"
29 void strip_trailing_slashes ();
31 /* The name this program was run with. */
39 fprintf (stderr, "Try `%s --help' for more information.\n",
47 program_name, program_name);
50 --help display this help and exit\n\
51 --version output version information and exit\n\
65 program_name = argv[0];
67 parse_long_options (argc, argv, "dirname", version_string, usage);
71 error (0, 0, "too %s arguments", argc < 2 ? "few" : "many");
76 strip_trailing_slashes (path);
78 slash = strrchr (path, '/');
83 /* Remove any trailing slashes and final element. */
84 while (slash > path && *slash == '/')