libgen.c File Reference

String routines. More...

Functions
int	dirname (const char *path, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
	Extracts the parent directory of the given path and saves it inside the given buffer, e.g., from "/home/user/test.txt" it extracts "/home/user". If the path does not contain a '/', it will return ".". More...
const char *	basename (const char *path)
	Extract the component after the final '/'. More...

Detailed Description

String routines.

Copyright

(c) 2014-2024 This file is distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.md for details.

Function Documentation

basename()

const char* basename

(

const char *

path

)

Extract the component after the final '/'.

Parameters

path	the path from which we extract the final component.

Returns

a pointer after the final '/', or path itself it none was found.

dirname()

int dirname	(	const char *	path,
		char *	buffer,
		size_t	buflen
	)

Extracts the parent directory of the given path and saves it inside the given buffer, e.g., from "/home/user/test.txt" it extracts "/home/user". If the path does not contain a '/', it will return ".".

Parameters

path	the path we are parsing.
buffer	the buffer where we save the directory name.
buflen	the length of the buffer.

Returns

1 if succesfull, or 0 if the buffer cannot contain the path.