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<TITLE>TSP (libtsp/FL) - FLdirName</TITLE>
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<H2>FLdirName</H2>
<HR>
<H4>Routine</H4>
<DL>
<DT>
int FLdirName (const char Fname[], char Bname[])
</DL>
<H4>Purpose</H4>
<DL>
<DT>
Return all but the last component of a file path
</DL>
<H4>Description</H4>
This routine takes a file path specification and returns all but the
right-most component of the file name.  Components are separated by /
characters.  If no / character appears in the name, an empty string is
returned.  For MS-DOS, the directory separator character is \.
<P>
Examples:
<PRE>
   "abc/def"      =&gt; "abc"
   "abc/def/"     =&gt; "abc/def"
   "abc/bcd/def"  =&gt; "abc/bcd"
   "/abc/def"     =&gt; "/abc"
   "/abc/bcd/def" =&gt; "/abc/bcd"
   "./def"        =&gt; "."
   "def"          =&gt; ""
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Special cases:
<PRE>
   "/def"         =&gt; "/"
   "/"            =&gt; "/"
</PRE>
<H4>Parameters</H4>
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<DT>
&lt;-  int FLdirName
<DD>
Number of characters in the output string
<DT>
 -&gt; const char Fname[]
<DD>
Input character string with the path name
<DT>
&lt;-  char Bname[]
<DD>
Output string with the all but the last path name component.  This string
at most FILENAME_MAX characters long including the terminating null
character.
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<H4>Author / revision</H4>
P. Kabal  Copyright (C) 1997
/ Revision 1.18  1997/10/14
<H4>See Also</H4>
<A HREF="FLbaseName.html">FLbaseName</A>,
<A HREF="FLdefName.html">FLdefName</A>,
<A HREF="FLexpHome.html">FLexpHome</A>
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