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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(HAVE_STRING_H)
- #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';
- }
-