Re: [PATCH] more cleanup before adding shell functions

[Paul Eggert]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Since AS_BASENAME is undocumented, and since it is most useful in variable 
> assignments, perhaps it is time to redefine it as follows (untested)
>
> # AS_BASENAME(var, name, [ext])
> # -----------------------------
> # Compute the basename of NAME, with trailing EXT removed, and assign
> # the result to the shell variable VAR.

I like this idea.  It's been on my mental to-do list for quite some
time, and it's an obvious improvement.  We can't simply use "${1##*/}",
though, as that mishandles the basenames of strings like "a/b/" and "///".