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diff --git a/libs/pbd3/dirname.cc b/libs/pbd3/dirname.cc
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+++ b/libs/pbd3/dirname.cc
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+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <string>
+#include <pbd/dirname.h>
+
+
+char *
+PBD::dirname (const char *path)
+
+{
+	char *slash;
+	size_t len;
+	char *ret;
+	
+	if ((slash = strrchr (path, '/')) == 0) {
+		return strdup (path);
+	}
+	
+	if (*(slash+1) == '\0') {
+		return strdup ("");
+	}
+
+	len = (size_t) (slash - path);
+	ret = (char *) malloc (sizeof (char) * (len + 1));
+
+	snprintf (ret, len, "%*s", len, path);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+std::string 
+PBD::dirname (const std::string str)
+{
+	std::string::size_type slash = str.find_last_of ('/');
+	std::string dir;
+
+	if (slash == std::string::npos) {
+		return str;
+	}
+
+	/* remove trailing multiple slashes (legal under POSIX) */
+
+	dir = str.substr (0, slash);
+	slash = dir.length();
+
+	while (slash > 1 && dir[slash-1] == '/') {
+		slash--;
+		dir = dir.substr (0, slash);
+	}
+
+	return dir;
+}