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     DIRNAME(C)		      XENIX System V		    DIRNAME(C)

     Name
	  dirname - Delivers directory part of pathname.

     Syntax
	  dirname string

     Description
	  dirname delivers all but the last component of the pathname
	  in string and prints the result on the standard output.  If
	  there is only one component in the pathname, only a ``dot''
	  is printed.  It is normally used inside substitution marks
	  (``) within shell procedures.

	  The companion command basename deletes any prefix ending in
	  a slash (/) and the suffix (if present in string) from
	  string, and prints the result on the standard output.

     Examples
	  The following example sets the shell variable NAME to
	  /usr/src/cmd:

	       NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

	  This example prints /a/b/c on the standard output:

	       dirname /a/b/c/d

	  This example prints a ``dot'' on the standard output:

	       dirname file.ext

     See Also
	  basename(C), sh(C)

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