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

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NAME
       strrchr - string scanning operation
SYNOPSIS
       #include <string.h>
       char *strrchr(const char *s, int c);

DESCRIPTION
       The strrchr() function shall locate the last occurrence of c (converted
       to  a char) in the string pointed to by s. The terminating null byte is
       considered to be part of the string.
RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, strrchr() shall return  a  pointer  to  the
       byte or a null pointer if c does not occur in the string.
ERRORS
       No errors are defined.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
   Finding the Base Name of a File
       The  following example uses strrchr() to get a pointer to the base name
       of a file. The strrchr() function searches backwards through  the  name
       of  the file to find the last '/' character in name. This pointer (plus
       one) will point to the base name of the file.

              #include <string.h>
              ...
              const char *name;
              char *basename;
              ...
              basename = strrchr(name, '/') + 1;
              ...
APPLICATION USAGE
       None.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       strchr(),  the  Base  Definitions   volume   of   IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,
       <string.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003  by  the  Institute  of
       Electrical  and  Electronics  Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The  Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
       is the referee document. The original Standard can be  obtained  online
       at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

IEEE/The Open Group                  2003                          STRRCHR(3P)