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*
*	Function to return the directory name of a specified pathname.
*
*	Module	%M%	Version	%I% 	Date	%H%
*
*	(c) Copyright 1998 Ardent Software Inc. - All Rights Reserved
*	This is unpublished proprietary source code of Ardent Software Inc.
*	The copyright notice above does not evidence any actual or intended
*	publication of such source code.
*
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*
*	Maintenence log - insert most recent change descriptions at top
*
*	Date.... GTAR# WHO Description.........................................
*	10/14/98 23801 SAP Change copyrights. 
*	01/24/96 17671 LAG Initial creation and sccs.
*
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** For Windows NT and Windows 95 this function normalizes
** all delimiters.

FUNCTION GET.DIRNAME(FILESPEC)

INCLUDE UNIVERSE.INCLUDE MACHINE.NAME

PATHNAME = FILESPEC

******************
** Windows NT port
**
IF OS.TYPE NE "UNIX"
THEN
    PATHNAME = CONVERT("\", "/", PATHNAME)
END
**
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DIRNAME = FILESPEC[1, INDEX(PATHNAME, "/", COUNT(PATHNAME, "/")) - 1]

RETURN(DIRNAME)