coreutils/lib/basename.c

/* basename.c -- return the last element in a path
   Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   GNU General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

/* Return NAME with any leading path stripped off.
   Don't use strrchr/rindex.  */

char *
basename (name)
     const char *name;
{
  const char *base = name;

  while (*name)
    {
      if (*name == '/')
	base = name + 1;
      ++name;
    }
  return (char *) base;
}