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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-05 18:33:23 +0000 |
commit | 1d5cace9db9aef76f26b2d7ba54bbb76443b00b2 (patch) | |
tree | 314a15dd1aa103da13bdc83ba1d2105a290bc5ba /examples/functions/dirname | |
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Adding upstream version 5.0.upstream/5.0upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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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%/*}" +} |