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Diffstat (limited to 'libiberty/basename.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | libiberty/basename.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/libiberty/basename.c b/libiberty/basename.c index ca089eb..69a982d 100644 --- a/libiberty/basename.c +++ b/libiberty/basename.c @@ -2,20 +2,14 @@ This file is in the public domain. */ /* -NAME - basename -- return pointer to last component of a pathname -SYNOPSIS - char *basename (const char *name) +@deftypefn Supplemental char* basename (const char *@var{name}) -DESCRIPTION - Given a pointer to a string containing a typical pathname - (/usr/src/cmd/ls/ls.c for example), returns a pointer to the - last component of the pathname ("ls.c" in this case). +Returns a pointer to the last component of pathname @var{name}. +Behavior is undefined if the pathname ends in a directory separator. + +@end deftypefn -BUGS - Presumes a UNIX or DOS/Windows style path with UNIX or DOS/Windows - style separators. */ #include "ansidecl.h" |