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author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 1992-10-31 20:42:48 +0000 |
commit | d87c39464604e74f580c7fae835be31a4c125c36 (patch) | |
tree | 86c530541c6bb3d897087ae55ef6cf4120d63b50 /lib/stripslash.c | |
parent | 009d93bdc1f1a645967c21cecb77af4fe64aefb3 (diff) | |
download | gnulib-d87c39464604e74f580c7fae835be31a4c125c36.tar.gz |
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diff --git a/lib/stripslash.c b/lib/stripslash.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..802204f25f --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/stripslash.c @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +/* stripslash.c -- remove trailing slashes from a string + Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ + +#if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(USG) +#include <string.h> +#else +#include <strings.h> +#endif + +/* Remove trailing slashes from PATH. + This is useful when using filename completion from a shell that + adds a "/" after directory names (such as tcsh and bash), because + the Unix rename and rmdir system calls return an "Invalid argument" error + when given a path that ends in "/" (except for the root directory). */ + +void +strip_trailing_slashes (path) + char *path; +{ + int last; + + last = strlen (path) - 1; + while (last > 0 && path[last] == '/') + path[last--] = '\0'; +} |