Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 "///".
