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#	@(#) dirname.sh 1.4 88/11/11 
#
#
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#		Portions Copyright 1976-1989 AT&T
#	Portions Copyright 1980-1989 Microsoft Corporation
#    Portions Copyright 1983-1989 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc
#		      All Rights Reserved

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#	Copyright (c) 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 AT&T
#	  All Rights Reserved

#	THIS IS UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE OF AT&T
#	The copyright notice above does not evidence any
#	actual or intended publication of such source code.


if [ $# -gt 1 ]
then
	echo >&2 "Usage: dirname [ path ]"
	exit 1
fi
#	First check for pathnames of form //*non-slash*/* in which case the 
#	dirname is /.
#	Otherwise, remove the last component in the pathname and slashes 
#	that come before it.
#	If nothing is left, dirname is "."
exec /bin/expr \
	"${1:-.}/" : '\(/\)/*[^/]*//*$'  \| \
	"${1:-.}/" : '\(.*[^/]\)//*[^/][^/]*//*$' \| \
	.
