NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     dirname - return directory portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     dirname pathname

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     dirname deletes the filename  portion,  beginning  with  the
last slash (`/')
     character  to  the end of pathname, and writes the result to
the standard
     output.

     The dirname utility exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to /usr/bin:

           FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/tail`

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     basename(1), csh(1), sh(1), dirname(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The   dirname  utility  conforms  to  IEEE  Std  1003.2-1992
(``POSIX.2'').

OpenBSD     3.6                          April      18,      1994