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+/* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a file name
+
+ Copyright (C) 1990, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2009-2023 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;
+}