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+/* Return the basename of a pathname.
+   This file is in the public domain. */
+
+/*
+NAME
+	basename -- return pointer to last component of a pathname
+
+SYNOPSIS
+	char *basename (const char *name)
+
+DESCRIPTION
+	Given a pointer to a string containing a typical pathname
+	(/usr/src/cmd/ls/ls.c for example), returns a pointer to the
+	last component of the pathname ("ls.c" in this case).
+
+BUGS
+	Presumes a UNIX style path with UNIX style separators.
+*/
+
+#include "ansidecl.h"
+#include "libiberty.h"
+
+char *
+basename (name)
+     const char *name;
+{
+  const char *base = name;
+
+  while (*name)
+    {
+      if (*name++ == '/')
+	{
+	  base = name;
+	}
+    }
+  return (char *) base;
+}