changeset 17766:9d6a89b53b85

basename, dirname: Improve documentation. * doc/posix-functions/basename.texi: Mention dirname module and base_name() function. * doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi: Mention dir_name() and mdir_name() functions. Suggested by Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>.
author Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
date Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:52:08 -0700
parents 6dafc9cb43ae
children bc4693f4bc9b
files ChangeLog doc/posix-functions/basename.texi doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi
diffstat 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2014-09-28  Ben Pfaff  <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
+
+	basename, dirname: Improve documentation.
+	* doc/posix-functions/basename.texi: Mention dirname module and
+	base_name() function.
+	* doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi: Mention dir_name() and
+	mdir_name() functions.
+	Suggested by Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org>.
+
 2014-09-24  Jim Meyering  <meyering@fb.com>
 
 	exclude: declare exclude_patopts static
--- a/doc/posix-functions/basename.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/basename.texi
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 @code{basename} assumes file names in POSIX syntax; it does not work with file
 names in Windows syntax.
 @end itemize
+
+The Gnulib module @code{dirname} provides similar API, with function
+@code{base_name}, that also works with Windows file names.
--- a/doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi
+++ b/doc/posix-functions/dirname.texi
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@
 names in Windows syntax.
 @end itemize
 
-The Gnulib module @code{dirname} provides similar API that also works with
-Windows file names.
+The Gnulib module @code{dirname} provides similar API, with functions
+@code{dir_name} and @{code{mdir_name}, that also works with Windows
+file names.