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authorMatt Kraai2001-06-21 19:41:37 +0000
committerMatt Kraai2001-06-21 19:41:37 +0000
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Rewrote mkdir (and touched lots of things in the process).
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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Mini dirname function.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Matt Kraai.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+/* Return a string on the heap containing the directory component of PATH. */
+
+char *dirname(const char *path)
+{
+ const char *s;
+
+ /* Go to the end of the string. */
+ s = path + strlen(path) - 1;
+
+ /* Strip off trailing /s (unless it is also the leading /). */
+ while (path < s && s[0] == '/')
+ s--;
+
+ /* Strip the last component. */
+ while (path <= s && s[0] != '/')
+ s--;
+
+ while (path < s && s[0] == '/')
+ s--;
+
+ if (s < path)
+ return xstrdup (".");
+ else
+ return strdup_substr (path, 0, s - path + 1);
+}