BASENAME(1)                OpenBSD Reference Manual                BASENAME(1)

NAME
     basename - return filename portion of pathname

SYNOPSIS
     basename string [suffix]

DESCRIPTION
     basename deletes any prefix ending with the last slash (`/') character
     present in string, and a suffix, if given.  The resulting filename is
     written to the standard output.  A non-existent suffix is ignored.

     The basename utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

EXAMPLES
     The following line sets the shell variable FOO to tail:

           FOO=`basename /usr/bin/tail`

SEE ALSO
     csh(1), dirname(1), sh(1), basename(3)

STANDARDS
     The basename utility is compliant with the IEEE Std 1003.1-2008
     (``POSIX'') specification.

OpenBSD 4.7                    February 8, 2009                              1
