DIRNAME(1)                                                User Commands                                               DIRNAME(1)



NAME
       dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS
       dirname NAME
       dirname OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
       dirname /usr/bin/sort
              Output "/usr/bin".

       dirname stdio.h
              Output ".".

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutilsATgnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>;
       Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2010   Free   Software   Foundation,   Inc.    License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or   later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       basename(1), readlink(1)

       The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info  and  dirname  programs  are  properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'dirname invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.5                                         November 2010                                               DIRNAME(1)