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Add text to clarify that the pointer returned by these 

functions may be into some part of 'path'.
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Michael Kerrisk 2007-03-25 13:15:27 +00:00
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@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ and
.BR basename ()
may modify the contents of
.IR path ,
so copies should be passed to these functions.
so a copy should be passed when calling one of these functions.
(Because either function may return a pointer to some part of
.IR path ,
the copy should not be freed until the pointer returned by
the function is no longer required.)
Furthermore,
.BR dirname ()
and