kbasename(9)

🎀 kbasename(9) 🎀

Okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for kbasename(9) — it’s giving “grab the filename from the end of a path” energy, and it’s honestly iconic. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

kbasename — return the last part of a pathname.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * kbasename (const char *path );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• path — the path to extract the filename from, bestie. 🫶

💖 RETURN 💖

Pointer to the filename portion inside path. If no / exists, returns path unchanged. No cap. ✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/linux/string.h is also in the group chat: memdup_array_user(9), vmemdup_array_user(9), strscpy(9), strscpy_pad(9), mem_is_zero(9), sysfs_match_string(9), memzero_explicit(9), strtomem_pad(9), strtomem(9), memtostr(9), memtostr_pad(9), memset_after(9), memset_startat(9), str_has_prefix(9), strstarts(9), strends(9).

Catch you from the ./include/linux source corner, dated October 2026 — bye bestie, slay responsibly 💜