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+/*
+
+basename(C) -- remove directory names from pathnames
+
+OBOS Release 1.0 -- 1st January 2003
+
+Additional Code by Sikosis (sikosis@gravity24hr.com)
+
+*/
+
+#include "stdio.h"
+
+#define USAGE "basename(C) -- remove directory names from pathnames
+
+Syntax
+
+basename string [ suffix ]
+
+Description
+The basename command deletes any prefix ending in ``/'' and the suffix (if present in string) from string, and prints the result on the standard output. The result is the ``base'' name of the file, that is, the filename without any preceding directory path and without an extension. It is used inside substitution marks (` `) in shell procedures to construct new filenames.
+
+Note that the suffix is not deleted if it is identical to the resulting basename.
+
+The related command dirname deletes the last level from string and prints the resulting path on the standard output.
+Exit values
+basename returns the following values:
+
+0
+    successful completion
+
+>0
+    an error occurred 
+
+Examples
+The following command displays the filename memos on the standard output:
+
+basename /usr/johnh/memos.old .old
+
+The following shell procedure, when invoked with the argument /usr/src/cmd/cat.c, compiles the named file and moves the output to a file named cat in the current directory:
+
+   cc $1
+   mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
+
+See also
+dirname(C), sh(C)"
+
+
+main(argc, argv)
+char **argv;
+{
+	register char *p1, *p2, *p3;
+	
+	p1 = argv[1];
+	
+	if (!strcmp(p1,"--help"))
+	{
+		putchar('\n');
+		puts(USAGE);
+		putchar('\n');
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		putchar('\n');
+		exit(1);
+	}
+	
+	p2 = p1;
+	while (*p1) {
+		if (*p1++ == '/')
+			p2 = p1;
+	}
+	if (argc>2) {
+		for(p3=argv[2]; *p3; p3++) 
+			;
+		while(p1>p2 && p3>argv[2])
+			if(*--p3 != *--p1)
+				goto output;
+		*p1 = '\0';
+	}
+output:
+	puts(p2); // original code was this:- puts(p2, stdout);
+	exit(0);
+}
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