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                     37: .\"     @(#)dirname.1  8.2 (Berkeley) 4/18/94
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                     39: .Dd April 18, 1994
                     40: .Dt DIRNAME 1
                     41: .Os
                     42: .Sh NAME
                     43: .Nm dirname
                     44: .Nd return directory portion of pathname
                     45: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     46: .Nm dirname
                     47: .Ar string
                     48: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.4     ! aaron      49: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    50: deletes the filename portion, beginning
                     51: with the last slash
1.2       aaron      52: .Pq Sq \&/
1.1       deraadt    53: character to the end of
1.3       aaron      54: .Ar string ,
1.1       deraadt    55: and writes the result to the standard output.
1.3       aaron      56: .Sh EXAMPLES
1.1       deraadt    57: The following line sets the shell variable
                     58: .Ev FOO
                     59: to
1.2       aaron      60: .Pa /usr/bin :
1.1       deraadt    61: .Pp
                     62: .Dl FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
                     63: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     64: The
1.4     ! aaron      65: .Nm
1.1       deraadt    66: utility
1.2       aaron      67: exits 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.
1.1       deraadt    68: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     69: .Xr basename 1 ,
                     70: .Xr csh 1 ,
                     71: .Xr sh 1
                     72: .Sh STANDARDS
                     73: The
1.4     ! aaron      74: .Nm
        !            75: utility conforms to
1.1       deraadt    76: .St -p1003.2-92 .