xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/gen/dirname.c (revision 559a218c9b257775fb249b67945fe4a05b7a6b9f)
1 /*-
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24  */
25 
26 #include <libgen.h>
27 #include <string.h>
28 
29 char *
30 (dirname)(char *path)
31 {
32 	char *end;
33 
34 	/*
35 	 * If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string,
36 	 * dirname() shall return a pointer to the string ".".
37 	 */
38 	if (path == NULL || *path == '\0')
39 		return (__DECONST(char *, "."));
40 
41 	/* Find end of last pathname component. */
42 	end = path + strlen(path);
43 	while (end > path + 1 && *(end - 1) == '/')
44 		--end;
45 
46 	/* Strip off the last pathname component. */
47 	while (end > path && *(end - 1) != '/')
48 		--end;
49 
50 	/*
51 	 * If path does not contain a '/', then dirname() shall return a
52 	 * pointer to the string ".".
53 	 */
54 	if (end == path) {
55 		path[0] = '.';
56 		path[1] = '\0';
57 		return (path);
58 	}
59 
60 	/*
61 	 * Remove trailing slashes from the resulting directory name. Ensure
62 	 * that at least one character remains.
63 	 */
64 	while (end > path + 1 && *(end - 1) == '/')
65 		--end;
66 
67 	/* Null terminate directory name and return it. */
68 	*end = '\0';
69 	return (path);
70 }
71