Improve basename()

[code/vcsh.git] / vcsh
diff --git a/vcsh b/vcsh

index fb99ffb46b953e9fec026c3286c98a3b8bff6e94..d742cf44cae8c27aeeaa1c796954e0b26bb1a437 100755 (executable)
--- a/vcsh
+++ b/vcsh
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
  # this software will most likely follow suit.
  
  basename() {
-       local f; f="${1##*/}"
-       [ -z "$2" ] || f="${f%$2}"
-       echo "$f"
+       # Implemented in shell to avoid spawning another process
+       local file
+       file="${1##*/}"
+       [ -z "$2" ] || file="${file%$2}"
+       echo "$file"
  }
  
  SELF=$(basename $0)