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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man3/dirname.3 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man3/dirname.3 b/static/netbsd/man3/dirname.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21663183 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man3/dirname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: dirname.3,v 1.14 2008/05/10 22:39:40 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Klaus Klein and Jason R. Thorpe. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 10, 2008 +.Dt DIRNAME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dirname +.Nd report the parent directory name of a file pathname +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In libgen.h +.Ft char * +.Fn dirname "char *path" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn dirname +function takes a pointer to a character string that contains a pathname, +.Ar path , +and returns a pointer to a string that is a pathname of the parent directory of +.Ar path . +Trailing +.Sq / +characters in +.Ar path +are not counted as part of the path. +.Pp +If +.Ar path +does not contain a +.Sq / , +then +.Fn dirname +returns a pointer to the string +.Dq \&. . +.Pp +If +.Ar path +is a null pointer or points to an empty string, +.Fn dirname +returns a pointer to the string +.Dq \&. . +.Sh RETURN VALUES +The +.Fn dirname +function returns a pointer to a string that is the parent directory of +.Ar path . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dirname 1 , +.Xr basename 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Bl -bullet -compact +.It +.St -xpg4.2 +.It +.St -p1003.1-2001 +.El +.Sh BUGS +If the length of the result is longer than +.Dv PATH_MAX +bytes +.Pq including the terminating nul , +the result will be truncated. +.Pp +The +.Fn dirname +function returns a pointer to static storage that may be overwritten +by subsequent calls to +.Fn dirname . +This is not strictly a bug; it is explicitly allowed by +.St -p1003.1-2001 . |
