Re: where the %^$ is dirname() and basename()

[Elfyn McBratney <elfyn-cygwin at sickpuppy dot co dot uk>]

Igor,

I've just written a basename function, but I've never had to create a
patch before... (OT) What patch command line should I use? Or should I
use `cvs diff'?

Elfyn
elfyn@exposure.org.uk

--- Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
>Robert,
>
>When you do implement them, you might as well help other programmers in
>need of them by submitting them as patches against the current cygwin CVS
>to cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com.  See <http://cygwin.com/contrib.html>
>for patch conventions.
>	Igor
>
>On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Robert Bercik wrote:
>
>> crap,
>>
>>    they're so damn simple, I'll write the damn things...
>>
>> thanks,
>> -Rob
>> --- Faylor <cgf-cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:37:03PM -0800, Robert
>> > Bercik wrote:
>> > >Cygwin must have these functions somewhere, but for the life of me i
>> > >can't find the libs or headers.  Anybody know where dirname() or
>> > >basename() are located?
>> >
>> > Let me say it again: There is no mystery here.  If
>> > you get a linker
>> > error like: "undefined reference to '_basename'", in
>> > 90% of the cases it
>> > means exactly what it implies: basename is not
>> > available.
>> >
>> > Whether it should be available, whether it is a
>> > crime against man and
>> > nature that it is not available, whether the lack of
>> > the function
>> > greatly impacts someone's ability to do their job,
>> > is another issue, of
>> > course.
>> >
>> > Until someone provides working implementations of
>> > basename and dirname
>> > for cygwin, I suggest that you work around the
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > cgf
>
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