From 772f20abb0a3a0979c440114bf3a1cff5b3cef03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cvpcs Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:02:31 -0500 Subject: initial import of bash 4.1 --- examples/functions/dirname | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 examples/functions/dirname (limited to 'examples/functions/dirname') diff --git a/examples/functions/dirname b/examples/functions/dirname new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ccb8c84 --- /dev/null +++ b/examples/functions/dirname @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Date: Fri, 11 Oct 91 11:22:36 edt +# From: friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu +# To: bfox@gnu.ai.mit.edu + +# A replacement for dirname(1). This one appears less often on some +# systems I use than basename(1), and I really depend on it for some +# things. Usage: dirname [path] +function dirname () +{ + local dir="$1" + local tdir="${dir%/}" + + # Strip trailing '/' characters from dir (unusual that this should + # ever occur, but dirname(1) seems to deal with it.) + while [ "${tdir}" != "${dir}" ]; do + tdir="${dir}" + dir="${tdir%/}" + done + + echo "${dir%/*}" +} -- cgit v1.1