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2 .TH DIRNAME "1" "April 2010" "GNU coreutils 8.5" "User Commands"
4 dirname \- strip last component from file name
12 .\" Add any additional description here
14 Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,
15 output `.' (meaning the current directory).
18 display this help and exit
21 output version information and exit
30 Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
32 Report dirname bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
34 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
36 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
38 Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
40 Copyright \(co 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
41 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
43 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
44 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
46 basename(1), readlink(1)
48 The full documentation for
50 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
54 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
56 .B info coreutils \(aqdirname invocation\(aq
58 should give you access to the complete manual.