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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index d1c308524..26b4eba64 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11991,14 +11991,17 @@ basename include/stdio.h .h @cindex non-directory suffix, stripping @command{dirname} prints all but the final slash-delimited component of -a string (presumably a file name, but also works on directories). Synopsis: +@var{name}. Slashes on either side of the final component are also +removed. If the string contains no slash, @command{dirname} prints +@samp{.} (meaning the current directory). Synopsis: @example dirname @var{name} @end example -If @var{name} is a single component, @command{dirname} prints @samp{.} -(meaning the current directory). +@var{name} need not be a file name, but if it is, this operation +effectively lists the directory that contains the final component, +including the case when the final component is itself a directory. @basenameAndDirname @@ -12017,6 +12020,7 @@ Examples: @smallexample # Output "/usr/bin". dirname /usr/bin/sort +dirname /usr/bin//.// # Output ".". dirname stdio.h |