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+/* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a file name
+
+   Copyright (C) 1990, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2009-2018 Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "dirname.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+/* Just like mdir_name (dirname-lgpl.c), except, rather than
+   returning NULL upon malloc failure, here, we report the
+   "memory exhausted" condition and exit.  */
+
+char *
+dir_name (char const *file)
+{
+  char *result = mdir_name (file);
+  if (!result)
+    xalloc_die ();
+  return result;
+}