binutils-gdb/libiberty/basename.c

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/* Return the basename of a pathname.
This file is in the public domain. */
/*
NAME
basename -- return pointer to last component of a pathname
SYNOPSIS
char *basename (const char *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).
BUGS
Presumes a UNIX style path with UNIX style separators.
*/
#include "ansidecl.h"
#include "libiberty.h"
char *
basename (name)
const char *name;
{
const char *base = name;
while (*name)
{
if (*name++ == '/')
{
base = name;
}
}
return (char *) base;
}