1/* Return the basename of a pathname.
2   This file is in the public domain. */
3
4/*
5NAME
6	basename -- return pointer to last component of a pathname
7
8SYNOPSIS
9	char *basename (const char *name)
10
11DESCRIPTION
12	Given a pointer to a string containing a typical pathname
13	(/usr/src/cmd/ls/ls.c for example), returns a pointer to the
14	last component of the pathname ("ls.c" in this case).
15
16BUGS
17	Presumes a UNIX style path with UNIX style separators.
18*/
19
20#include "ansidecl.h"
21#include "libiberty.h"
22
23char *
24basename (name)
25     const char *name;
26{
27  const char *base = name;
28
29  while (*name)
30    {
31      if (*name++ == '/')
32	{
33	  base = name;
34	}
35    }
36  return (char *) base;
37}
38