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STRRCHR(3P) | POSIX Programmer's Manual | STRRCHR(3P) |
PROLOG¶
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME¶
strrchr - string scanning operation
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <string.h>
char *strrchr(const char *s, int
c);
DESCRIPTION¶
The strrchr() function shall locate the last occurrence of c (converted to a char) in the string pointed to by s. The terminating null byte is considered to be part of the string.
RETURN VALUE¶
Upon successful completion, strrchr() shall return a pointer to the byte or a null pointer if c does not occur in the string.
ERRORS¶
No errors are defined.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES¶
Finding the Base Name of a File¶
The following example uses strrchr() to get a pointer to the base name of a file. The strrchr() function searches backwards through the name of the file to find the last '/' character in name. This pointer (plus one) will point to the base name of the file.
#include <string.h> ... const char *name; char *basename; ... basename = strrchr(name, '/') + 1; ...
APPLICATION USAGE¶
None.
RATIONALE¶
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS¶
None.
SEE ALSO¶
strchr(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <string.h>
COPYRIGHT¶
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
2003 | IEEE/The Open Group |