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 .