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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 .