1 /* dirname.c -- return all but the last element in a file name
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1998, 2000-2001, 2003-2006, 2009-2010 Free Software
4 Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <config.h>
21 #include "dirname.h"
23 #include <stdlib.h>
24 #include <string.h>
25 #include "xalloc.h"
27 /* Just like mdir_name (dirname-lgpl.c), except, rather than
28 returning NULL upon malloc failure, here, we report the
29 "memory exhausted" condition and exit. */
31 char *
32 dir_name (char const *file)
33 {
34 char *result = mdir_name (file);
35 if (!result)
36 xalloc_die ();
37 return result;
38 }