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Date:	Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:19:03 -0800 (PST)
From:	Robert Bercik <robertjbercik AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject:	Re: where the %^$ is dirname() and basename()
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<20030107221003.GG28344@redhat.com>
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crap, 

   they're so damn simple, I'll write the damn
things...

thanks,
-Rob
--- Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:37:03PM -0800, Robert
> Bercik wrote:
> >Cygwin must have these functions somewhere, but for
> the life of me i
> >can't find the libs or headers.  Anybody know where
> dirname() or
> >basename() are located?
> 
> Let me say it again: There is no mystery here.  If
> you get a linker
> error like: "undefined reference to '_basename'", in
> 90% of the cases it
> means exactly what it implies: basename is not
> available.
> 
> Whether it should be available, whether it is a
> crime against man and
> nature that it is not available, whether the lack of
> the function
> greatly impacts someone's ability to do their job,
> is another issue, of
> course.
> 
> Until someone provides working implementations of
> basename and dirname
> for cygwin, I suggest that you work around the
> problem.
> 
> cgf
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