The documentation for File::Basename says
NOTE: "dirname()" and "basename()" emulate the behaviours, and quirks,
of the shell and C functions of the same name. See each function's
documentation for details.
What are these quirks?
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The quirks are documented in the man pages for each function:
man dirname
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/sort Output "/usr/bin". dirname stdio.h Output ".".
man basename
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with any leading directory components removed. If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
EXAMPLES
basename /usr/bin/sort Output "sort". basename include/stdio.h .h Output "stdio".
Zaid
2010-09-09 08:54:34
I believe this question is about the functions of the mentioned `File::Basename` perl module, not the shell programs themself, so their manpages won't necessarily answer that (although in this case they seem to, depending on your vendor).
rafl
2010-09-09 08:58:53
@rafl : I understood 'See each function's documentation for details' to mean the shell documentation.
Zaid
2010-09-09 09:24:31