DIRNAME(1)			 User Commands			    DIRNAME(1)



NAME
       dirname - strip non-directory suffix from file name

SYNOPSIS
       dirname NAME
       dirname OPTION

DESCRIPTION
       Print  NAME  with  its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no
       /s, output . (meaning the current directory).

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

EXAMPLES
       dirname /usr/bin/sort
	      Output "/usr/bin".

       dirname stdio.h
	      Output ".".

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies  of	it  under  the
       terms	   of	    the      GNU      General	   Public      License
       .	There is NO WARRANTY,  to  the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
       If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at  your  site,
       the command

	      info dirname

       should give you access to the complete manual.



dirname 5.97			 January 2007			    DIRNAME(1)