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authorBen Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>2014-09-28 09:52:08 -0700
committerBen Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>2014-09-28 09:52:08 -0700
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basename, dirname: Improve documentation.
* doc/posix-functions/basename.texi: Mention dirname module and base_name() function. * doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi: Mention dir_name() and mdir_name() functions. Suggested by Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>.
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@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@ the GNU version.
@code{basename} assumes file names in POSIX syntax; it does not work with file
names in Windows syntax.
@end itemize
+
+The Gnulib module @code{dirname} provides similar API, with function
+@code{base_name}, that also works with Windows file names.