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+.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.20 2007/05/31 19:19:28 jmc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+.\"
+.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+.\"
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd May 22, 2017
+.Dt BASENAME 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm basename
+.Nd extract the base portion of a pathname
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In libgen.h
+.Ft char *
+.Fn basename "char *path"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn basename
+function returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by
+.Fa path ,
+deleting any trailing
+.Sq \&/
+characters.
+.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+This implementation of
+.Fn basename
+uses the buffer provided by the caller to store the resulting pathname
+component.
+Other vendor implementations may return a pointer to internal storage
+space instead.
+The advantage of the former approach is that it ensures thread-safety,
+while also placing no upper limit on the supported length of the
+pathname.
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+If
+.Fa path
+consists entirely of
+.Sq \&/
+characters, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&/
+is returned.
+If
+.Fa path
+is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&.
+is returned.
+Otherwise,
+it returns a pointer to the last component of
+.Fa path .
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr basename 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 1 ,
+.Xr dirname 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn basename
+function conforms to
+.St -xpg4.2 .
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Fn basename
+function first appeared in
+.Ox 2.2
+and
+.Fx 4.2 .
+.Pp
+In
+.Fx 12.0 ,
+this function was reimplemented to store its result in the provided
+input buffer.
+There is no longer any need to use the
+.Fn basename_r
+function.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An Nuxi, the Netherlands