coreutils/lib/stripslash.c
1992-10-31 20:42:48 +00:00

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/* stripslash.c -- remove trailing slashes from a string
Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
#if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(USG)
#include <string.h>
#else
#include <strings.h>
#endif
/* Remove trailing slashes from PATH.
This is useful when using filename completion from a shell that
adds a "/" after directory names (such as tcsh and bash), because
the Unix rename and rmdir system calls return an "Invalid argument" error
when given a path that ends in "/" (except for the root directory). */
void
strip_trailing_slashes (path)
char *path;
{
int last;
last = strlen (path) - 1;
while (last > 0 && path[last] == '/')
path[last--] = '\0';
}