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Update the existing manual pages for basename(3) and dirname(3) to mention that in future versions of FreeBSD, these functions will no longer use internal buffers for storing the results. MFC after: 1 week Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7356
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.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.17 2007/05/31 19:19:28 jmc Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd July 29, 2016
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.Dt DIRNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm dirname
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.Nd extract the directory part of a pathname
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In libgen.h
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.Ft char *
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.Fn dirname "char *path"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn dirname
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function is the converse of
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.Xr basename 3 ;
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it returns a pointer to the parent directory of the pathname pointed to by
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.Fa path .
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Any trailing
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.Sq \&/
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characters are not counted as part of the directory
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name.
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If
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.Fa path
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is a null pointer, the empty string, or contains no
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.Sq \&/
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characters,
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.Fn dirname
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returns a pointer to the string
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.Qq \&. ,
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signifying the current directory.
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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The
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.Fn dirname
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function
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returns a pointer to internal storage space allocated on the first call
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that will be overwritten
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by subsequent calls.
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.Pp
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Other vendor implementations of
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.Fn dirname
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may store their result in the input buffer,
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making it safe to use in multithreaded applications.
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Future versions of
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.Fx
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will follow this approach as well.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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On successful completion,
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.Fn dirname
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returns a pointer to the parent directory of
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.Fa path .
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.Pp
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If
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.Fn dirname
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fails, a null pointer is returned and the global variable
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.Va errno
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is set to indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The following error codes may be set in
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.Va errno :
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
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The path component to be returned was larger than
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.Dv MAXPATHLEN .
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr basename 1 ,
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.Xr dirname 1 ,
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.Xr basename 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Fn dirname
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function conforms to
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.St -xpg4.2 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn dirname
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function first appeared in
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.Ox 2.2
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and
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.Fx 4.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An "Todd C. Miller"
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