BASENAME(1)		 HP-UX 5.0		   BASENAME(1)

	  basename, dirname - extract portions of path names

     SYNOPSIS
	  basename string [ suffix ]
	  dirname string

     HP-UX COMPATIBILITY
	  Level:    HP-UX/NUCLEUS

	  Origin:   System V

	  Native Language Support:
		    8-bit filenames.

     DESCRIPTION
	  Basename deletes any prefix ending in / and the suffix (if
	  present in string) from string, and prints the result on the
	  standard output.  It is normally used inside command
	  substitution marks (`...`) within shell procedures.  If
	  string does not contain the indicated suffix, basename
	  returns an unpredictable value consisting either of a single
	  character string, or the null string.

	  Dirname delivers all but the last level of the path name in
	  string.  If string is null or does not contain a directory
	  component, dirname returns ".", indicating the current
	  working directory.

     EXAMPLES
	  The following shell script, invoked with the argument
	  /usr/src/cmd/cat.c, compiles the named file and moves the
	  output to a file named cat in the current directory:

	       cc $1
	       mv a.out `basename $1 .c`

	  The following example will set the shell variable NAME to
	  /usr/src/cmd:

	       NAME=`dirname /usr/src/cmd/cat.c`

     RETURN VALUE
	  Both commands return 0 for success, 1 for failure.  Dirname
	  always succeeds, and thus always returns 0.

     SEE ALSO
	  expr(1), sh(1).

     BUGS
	  When using basename, be aware that suffixes are not
	  guaranteed to occur at the end of the string.	 Thus,
	       basename file.c.old .c

	  returns "file".