@node basename
@section @code{basename}
@findex basename

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/basename.html}

LSB specification:@* @url{https://refspecs.linuxbase.org/LSB_5.0.0/LSB-Core-generic/LSB-Core-generic/baselib-basename-3.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
IRIX 6.5, mingw, MSVC 14.
@item
glibc and Android have two different functions @code{basename}: the POSIX
version and the GNU version.
@item
@code{basename} assumes file names in POSIX syntax; it does not work with file
names in Windows syntax.
@end itemize

The Gnulib module @code{basename-lgpl} provides similar API, with a function
@code{last_component}, that also works with Windows file names.