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Rename two directories: headers -> posix-headers, functions -> posix-functions.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:09:59 +0100
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@node basename
@section @code{basename}
@findex basename

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/basename.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, Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, BeOS.
@item
glibc has 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