DIRNAME(1)

NAME
dirname - strip last component from file name

SYNOPSIS
dirname [OPTION] NAME...

DESCRIPTION

Output each NAME with its last non-slash component and trailing slashes removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output '.' (meaning the current directory).

-z, --zero
    end each output line with NUL, not newline

--help
    display this help and exit

--version
    output version information and exit

EXAMPLES

dirname /usr/bin/
    -> "/usr"

dirname dir1/str dir2/str
    -> "dir1" followed by "dir2"

dirname stdio.h
    -> "."

GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/> Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

Packaged by Cygwin (8.23-4) Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.

SEE ALSO
basename(1), readlink(1)

The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info coreutils 'dirname invocation'

should give you access to the complete manual.