summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authoraaron <aaron@openbsd.org>1999-05-25 13:06:44 +0000
committeraaron <aaron@openbsd.org>1999-05-25 13:06:44 +0000
commit605d2228fb9c3860c05a568a762db4a08a3a1d22 (patch)
treed5a143f1f090a135fe65053c08e3417ea15012ef /lib/libc/gen/basename.3
parentMove hilsoftinit() call to before interrupts are enabled, from NetBSD. (diff)
downloadwireguard-openbsd-605d2228fb9c3860c05a568a762db4a08a3a1d22.tar.xz
wireguard-openbsd-605d2228fb9c3860c05a568a762db4a08a3a1d22.zip
punctuation
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/basename.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/basename.317
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3 b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
index 16df8057a57..ff72f029735 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/basename.3
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\" OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.5 1999/05/14 12:40:23 alex Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.6 1999/05/25 13:06:45 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 17, 1997
.Dt BASENAME 3
@@ -42,19 +42,24 @@ The
function
returns the last componenent from the pathname pointed to by
.Ar path ,
-deleting any trailing '/' characters. If
+deleting any trailing
+.Sq \&/
+characters. If
.Ar path
-consists entirely of '/' characters, a pointer to the string "/"
+consists entirely of
+.Sq \&/
+characters, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&/
is returned. If
.Ar path
-is a NULL pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string "."
+is a NULL pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string
+.Qq \&.
is returned.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
On successful completion,
.Fn basename
returns a pointer to the last component of
-.Ar path.
-.Pp
+.Ar path .
.Pp
If
.Fn basename