On Fri, 2005-05-20 at 21:05 +0100, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > On 5/20/05, James Wilkinson <fedora at westexe.demon.co.uk> wrote: > ... > > basename will strip off any leading directory components, and > > optionally any suffix. > ... > > is basename a reserved word? > > > -Thufir > basename is a *nix command. [jeff at eye_gore ~]$ which basename /bin/basename