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| author | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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| committer | rsc <devnull@localhost> | 2004-04-10 18:53:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/man/man3/cleanname.3 b/man/man3/cleanname.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7decd18d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/cleanname.3 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.TH CLEANNAME 3 +.SH NAME +cleanname \- clean a path name +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B #include <u.h> +.br +.B #include <libc.h> +.sp +.B +char* cleanname(char *filename) +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Cleanname +takes a +.I filename +and by lexical processing only returns the shortest string that names the same (possibly +hypothetical) file. +It eliminates multiple and trailing slashes, and it lexically interprets +.B . +and +.B .. +directory components in the name. +The string is overwritten in place. +.PP +The shortest string +.I cleanname +can return is two bytes: the null-terminated string +\f(CW"."\f1. +Therefore +.I filename +must contain room for at least two bytes. +.SH SOURCE +.B /sys/src/libc/port/cleanname.c +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR cleanname (1) |