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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35.
+.TH DIRNAME "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+dirname \- strip non-directory suffix from file name
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dirname
+\fINAME\fR
+.br
+.B dirname
+\fIOPTION\fR
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,
+output `.' (meaning the current directory).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+dirname /usr/bin/sort
+Output "/usr/bin".
+.TP
+dirname stdio.h
+Output ".".
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.br
+This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
+the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+basename(1), readlink(1)
+.PP
+The full documentation for
+.B dirname
+is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
+.B info
+and
+.B dirname
+programs are properly installed at your site, the command
+.IP
+.B info dirname
+.PP
+should give you access to the complete manual.