Add suffix stripping support to basename

 -Erik

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/busybox.pod b/docs/busybox.pod
index 6a18a0499..ea14459ef 100644
--- a/docs/busybox.pod
+++ b/docs/busybox.pod
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ uname, uniq, update, uptime, usleep, wc, whoami, yes, zcat, [
 
 =item basename
 
-Usage: basename [file ...]
+Usage: basename FILE [SUFFIX]
 
-Strips directory path and suffixes from FILE(s). 
+Strips directory path and suffixes from FILE.
+If specified, also removes any trailing SUFFIX.
 
 Example: 
 
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ Example:
         foo
         $ basename /usr/local/bin/
         bin
+        $ basename /foo/bar.txt .txt
+        bar
 
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@@ -1878,4 +1881,4 @@ Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>
 
 =cut
 
-# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.28 2000/05/05 19:49:33 erik Exp $
+# $Id: busybox.pod,v 1.29 2000/05/10 05:00:31 erik Exp $