#include #include #include main(int argc, char **argv) { char *f, *s; int n; if(argc != 2){ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: dirname string\n"); exit(1); } s = argv[1]; f = s + strlen(s) - 1; while(f > s && *f == '/') f--; *++f = 0; /* now f is after last char of string, trailing slashes removed */ for(; f >= s; f--) if(*f == '/'){ f++; break; } if(f < s) { *s = '.'; s[1] = 0; } else { --f; while(f > s && *f == '/') f--; f[1] = 0; } printf("%s\n", s); return 0; }