libiberty/basename.c

   1 /* Return the basename of a pathname.
   2    This file is in the public domain. */
   3
   4 /*
   5 NAME
   6         basename -- return pointer to last component of a pathname
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9         char *basename (const char *name)
  10
  11 DESCRIPTION
  12         Given a pointer to a string containing a typical pathname
  13         (/usr/src/cmd/ls/ls.c for example), returns a pointer to the
  14         last component of the pathname ("ls.c" in this case).
  15
  16 BUGS
  17         Presumes a UNIX style path with UNIX style separators.
  18 */
  19
  20 #include "ansidecl.h"
  21 #include "libiberty.h"
  22
  23 char *
  24 basename (name)
  25      const char *name;
  26 {
  27   const char *base = name;
  28
  29   while (*name)
  30     {
  31       if (*name++ == '/')
  32         {
  33           base = name;
  34         }
  35     }
  36   return (char *) base;
  37 }