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1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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87.Nm dirname
88utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
89with the last slash
90.Ql \&/
91character to the end of
92.Ar string
93(after first stripping trailing slashes),
94and writes the result to the standard output.
1.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994
2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
5.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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87.Nm dirname
88utility deletes the filename portion, beginning
89with the last slash
90.Ql \&/
91character to the end of
92.Ar string
93(after first stripping trailing slashes),
94and writes the result to the standard output.
95.Sh EXIT STATUS
96.Ex -std basename dirname
95.Sh EXAMPLES
96The following line sets the shell variable
97.Ev FOO
98to
99.Pa /usr/bin .
100.Pp
101.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
97.Sh EXAMPLES
98The following line sets the shell variable
99.Ev FOO
100to
101.Pa /usr/bin .
102.Pp
103.Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
102.Sh EXIT STATUS
103.Ex -std basename dirname
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr csh 1 ,
106.Xr sh 1
107.Sh STANDARDS
108The
109.Nm
110and
111.Nm dirname
112utilities are expected to be
113.St -p1003.2
114compatible.
104.Sh SEE ALSO
105.Xr csh 1 ,
106.Xr sh 1
107.Sh STANDARDS
108The
109.Nm
110and
111.Nm dirname
112utilities are expected to be
113.St -p1003.2
114compatible.