| BASENAME(3) | Library Functions Manual | BASENAME(3) | 
basename —
#include <libgen.h>
char *
  
  basename(char
    *path);
basename() function takes the pathname pointed to by
  path and returns a pointer to the final component of the
  pathname, deleting any trailing ‘/’ characters.
If path consists entirely of
    ‘/’ characters, basename() returns a
    pointer to the string “/”.
If path is a null pointer or points to an
    empty string, basename() returns a pointer to the
    string “.”.
basename() function returns a pointer to the final
  component of path.
PATH_MAX
  bytes (including the terminating nul), the result will be truncated.
The basename() function returns a pointer
    to static storage that may be overwritten by subsequent calls to
    basename(). This is not strictly a bug; it is
    explicitly allowed by IEEE Std 1003.1-2001
    (“POSIX.1”).
| May 10, 2008 | NetBSD 10.0 |