User Commands                                          DIRNAME(1)



NAME
     dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name

SYNOPSIS
     dirname NAME
     dirname OPTION

DESCRIPTION
     Print NAME with its trailing  /component  removed;  if  NAME
     contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).

     --help
          display this help and exit

     --version
          output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
     dirname /usr/bin/sort
          Output "/usr/bin".

     dirname stdio.h
          Output ".".

AUTHOR
     Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright O 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     This is free software.  You may redistribute  copies  of  it
     under   the   terms   of  the  GNU  General  Public  License
     .  There  is  NO  WAR-
     RANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     basename(1), readlink(1)

     The full documentation for dirname is maintained as  a  Tex-
     info  manual.  If the info and dirname programs are properly
     installed at your site, the command

          info dirname

     should give you access to the complete manual.

ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:




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       ATRIBUTE TYPE      ATRIBUTE VALUE  
    
     Availability         SUNWgnu-coreutils 
    
     Interface Stability  Uncommitted       
    

NOTES
     Source    for    GNU    coreutils    is     available     on
     http:/opensolaris.org.












































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