BASENAME(3)                Library Functions               BASENAME(3)



NAME
     basename - return the file name in a full path specification

SYNOPSIS
     #include <edlib.h>

     char *basename(path)
     char *path;

DESCRIPTION
     Basename will return a pointer to the file name in a full
     AmigaDOS path specification. If there is no directory part
     specified in the path, a pointer to the first character in
     the string is returned. If there is no file name, a pointer
     to the null which terminates the path parameter is returned.

EXAMPLE
     basename("foo:42")              is "42"
     basename("foo:bar/Arthur Dent") is "Arthur Dent"
     basename("RAYGUN:")             is ""
     basename("rutabega")            is "rutabega"

AUTHOR
     Edwin Hoogerbeets 01/08/88