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.TH "BINDLE_REFCOUNT" "3" "@RELEASE_MONTH@" "@PACKAGE_NAME@" "Library Functions Manual"
.SH NAME
bindle_dirname, bindle_dirname_r - Bindle Binary Tools string routines

.SH LIBRARY
Bindle Binaries Tools (libbindle, -lbindle)

.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fB#include\fR \fB<bindle.h>\fR
.sp
.BI "char * bindle_dirname( const char * " path " );"
.sp
.BI "char * bindle_dirname_r( const char * " path ", char * " dname ","
.BI "           size_t " dnamelen " );"
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBbindle_dirname\fR() function returns a pointer to the parent directory
of the pathname pointed to by \fIpath\fR. If \fIpath\fR is NULL, an empty
string, or does not contain a `/' character, the string "." is returned.
\fBbindle_dirname\fR() uses a static internal buffer and does not modify the
value of \fIpath\fR. \fBbindle_dirname_r\fR() uses the buffer referenced by
\fIdname\fR of \fIdnamelen\fR bytes instead of an internal buffer, but is
otherwise identical to \fBbindle_dirname\fR().

.SH RETURN VALUES
\fBbindle_dirname\fR() and \fBbindle_dirname_r\fR() return a pointer to the
string containing the parent directy of the pathname pointed to by \fIpath\fR.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR bindle_basename (3),
.BR basename (3)

.SH AUTHOR
David M. Syzdek <david@syzdek.net>

.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
\fB@PACKAGE_NAME@\fR is developed and maintained by David M. Syzdek
<david@syzdek.net>.

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