1STRRCHR(3P)                POSIX Programmer's Manual               STRRCHR(3P)
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PROLOG

6       This  manual  page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
7       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the  corresponding
8       Linux  manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
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NAME

12       strrchr - string scanning operation
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SYNOPSIS

15       #include <string.h>
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17       char *strrchr(const char *s, int c);
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DESCRIPTION

21       The strrchr() function shall locate the last occurrence of c (converted
22       to  a char) in the string pointed to by s. The terminating null byte is
23       considered to be part of the string.
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RETURN VALUE

26       Upon successful completion, strrchr() shall return  a  pointer  to  the
27       byte or a null pointer if c does not occur in the string.
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ERRORS

30       No errors are defined.
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EXAMPLES

35   Finding the Base Name of a File
36       The  following example uses strrchr() to get a pointer to the base name
37       of a file. The strrchr() function searches backwards through  the  name
38       of  the file to find the last '/' character in name. This pointer (plus
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42              #include <string.h>
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47              basename = strrchr(name, '/') + 1;
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APPLICATION USAGE

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RATIONALE

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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SEE ALSO

60       strchr(),  the  Base  Definitions   volume   of   IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
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64       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
65       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
66       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
67       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by  the  Institute  of
68       Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
69       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
70       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
71       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained  online
72       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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