+.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.17 2007/05/31 19:19:28 jmc Exp $
.\"
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-.\" $OpenBSD: dirname.3,v 1.9 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3,v 1.4 2001/10/01 16:08:50 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/dirname.3,v 1.10 2008/11/03 05:19:45 delphij Exp $
.\"
-.Dd August 17, 1997
+.Dd October 12, 2006
.Dt DIRNAME 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dirname
-.Nd extract the directory portition of a pathname
+.Nd extract the directory part of a pathname
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libgen.h
.Ft char *
-.Fn dirname "const char *path"
+.Fo dirname
+.Fa "char *path"
+.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn dirname
-function
-is the converse of
+function is the converse of
.Xr basename 3 ;
it returns a pointer to the parent directory of the pathname pointed to by
-.Ar path .
+.Fa path .
Any trailing
.Sq \&/
characters are not counted as part of the directory
name.
If
-.Ar path
+.Fa path
is a null pointer, the empty string, or contains no
.Sq \&/
characters,
returns a pointer to the string
.Qq \&. ,
signifying the current directory.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+The
+.Fn dirname
+function
+returns a pointer to internal storage space allocated on the first call
+that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls.
+.Pp
+Other vendor implementations of
+.Fn dirname
+may modify the contents of the string passed to
+.Fn dirname ;
+if portability is desired,
+this should be taken into account when writing code which calls this function.
+.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <libgen.h>
+.Pp
+.Ft char *
+.br
+.Fo dirname
+.Fa "const char *path"
+.Fc ;
+.Pp
+In legacy mode,
+.Fa path
+will not be changed.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
On successful completion,
.Fn dirname
returns a pointer to the parent directory of
-.Ar path .
+.Fa path .
.Pp
If
.Fn dirname
The path component to be returned was larger than
.Dv MAXPATHLEN .
.El
-.Sh WARNINGS
-.Fn dirname
-returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
-by subsequent calls (each function has its own separate storage).
-.Pp
-Other vendor implementations of
-.Fn dirname
-may modify the contents of the string passed to
-.Fn dirname ;
-this should be taken into account when writing code which calls this function
-if portability is desired.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr basename 1 ,
.Xr dirname 1 ,
-.Xr basename 3
+.Xr basename 3 ,
+.Xr compat 5
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn dirname
and
.Fx 4.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
-Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.An "Todd C. Miller"
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