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-rw-r--r--commands/basename.c2
-rw-r--r--commands/cp.c3
-rw-r--r--include/libgen.h1
-rw-r--r--lib/libgen.c23
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/commands/basename.c b/commands/basename.c
index 028b0e0f24..c1a28e9e1d 100644
--- a/commands/basename.c
+++ b/commands/basename.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static int do_basename(int argc, char *argv[])
if (argc != 3)
return COMMAND_ERROR_USAGE;
- setenv(argv[2], basename(argv[1]));
+ setenv(argv[2], posix_basename(argv[1]));
return 0;
}
diff --git a/commands/cp.c b/commands/cp.c
index 4f1c068dd6..54934dd64f 100644
--- a/commands/cp.c
+++ b/commands/cp.c
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ static int do_cp(int argc, char *argv[])
for (i = optind; i < argc - 1; i++) {
char *dst;
- dst = concat_path_file(argv[argc - 1], basename(argv[i]));
+
+ dst = concat_path_file(argv[argc - 1], posix_basename(argv[i]));
if (recursive)
ret = copy_recursive(argv[i], dst);
diff --git a/include/libgen.h b/include/libgen.h
index cd27fd11e3..71f06eb6f6 100644
--- a/include/libgen.h
+++ b/include/libgen.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
#define __LIBGEN_H
char *basename (char *path);
+char *posix_basename(char *path);
char *dirname (char *path);
#endif /* __LIBGEN_H */
diff --git a/lib/libgen.c b/lib/libgen.c
index 1e43cf3f29..08ef3528af 100644
--- a/lib/libgen.c
+++ b/lib/libgen.c
@@ -37,6 +37,29 @@ char *basename (char *path)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(basename);
+/*
+ * There are two different versions of basename(): The GNU version implemented
+ * above and the POSIX version. The GNU version never modifies its argument and
+ * returns the empty string when path has a trailing slash, and in particular
+ * also when it is "/".
+ */
+char *posix_basename(char *path)
+{
+ char *fname;
+
+ fname = path + strlen(path) - 1;
+
+ while (*fname == '/') {
+ if (fname == path)
+ return path;
+ *fname = '\0';
+ fname--;
+ }
+
+ return basename(path);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(posix_basename);
+
char *dirname (char *path)
{
char *fname;