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+/* basename.c -- return the leading elements in a path
+   Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+The Linux C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The Linux C Library 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
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#include <ansidecl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <config.h>
+#include "strxtra.h"
+
+/* Return NAME with any leading path stripped off.  */
+
+CONST char *
+DEFUN(dirname, (name), CONST char *name)
+{
+  char *base;
+
+  base = strrchr (name, '/');
+  if (base)
+    {
+      while (*--base == '/')
+	;
+      base++;
+    }
+  return base ? strndup (name, base - name) : ".";
+}