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--- Libc/Libc-583/gen/basename.3
+++ Libc/Libc-262/gen/basename.3
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\" ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: basename.3,v 1.12 2000/04/18 03:01:25 aaron Exp $
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/basename.3,v 1.7 2004/07/02 23:52:10 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/gen/basename.3,v 1.4 2001/10/01 16:08:50 ru Exp $
.\"
.Dd August 17, 1997
.Dt BASENAME 3
@@ -36,27 +36,25 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In libgen.h
.Ft char *
-.Fo basename
-.Fa "char *path"
-.Fc
+.Fn basename "const char *path"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn basename
function
returns the last component from the pathname pointed to by
-.Fa path ,
+.Ar path ,
deleting any trailing
.Sq \&/
characters.
If
-.Fa path
+.Ar path
consists entirely of
.Sq \&/
characters, a pointer to the string
.Qq \&/
is returned.
If
-.Fa path
+.Ar path
is a null pointer or the empty string, a pointer to the string
.Qq \&.
is returned.
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@
On successful completion,
.Fn basename
returns a pointer to the last component of
-.Fa path .
+.Ar path .
.Pp
If
.Fn basename
@@ -80,30 +78,13 @@
.Dv MAXPATHLEN .
.El
.Sh WARNINGS
-The
.Fn basename
-function
-returns a pointer to internal static storage space
-that will be overwritten by subsequent calls.
-The function may modify the string pointed to by
-.Fa path .
-.Sh LEGACY SYNOPSIS
-.Fd #include <libgen.h>
-.Pp
-.Ft char *
-.br
-.Fo basename
-.Fa "const char *path"
-.Fc ;
-.Pp
-In legacy mode,
-.Fa path
-will not be changed.
+returns a pointer to internal static storage space that will be overwritten
+by subsequent calls.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr basename 1 ,
.Xr dirname 1 ,
-.Xr dirname 3 ,
-.Xr compat 5
+.Xr dirname 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn basename
@@ -117,4 +98,4 @@
and
.Fx 4.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
-.An "Todd C. Miller" Aq Todd.Miller@courtesan.com
+Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>