Source file basename.icn
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#	File:     basename.icn
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#	Subject:  Procedure to produce base name of file
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#	Author:   Frank Lhota, Ralph Griswold, Charles Shartsis
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#	Date:     July 19, 1999
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#   This file is in the public domain.
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#  This procedure is based on the UNIX basename(1) utility.  It strips off
#  any path information and removes the specified suffix, if present.
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#  It should work under UNIX, MS-DOS, and the Macintosh.
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procedure basename(name, suffix)	#: base name of file
   local i, base

   name ? {
      every i := upto('/\\:')
      tab(integer(i) + 1)       	  # get rid of path, if any
      if ( base := tab ( -*\suffix ) ) & =suffix then return base
      else return tab ( 0 )
      }
end

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