--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/lib/stripslash.c	Sat Oct 31 20:42:48 1992 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* stripslash.c -- remove trailing slashes from a string
+   Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+#if defined(STDC_HEADERS) || defined(USG)
+#include <string.h>
+#else
+#include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
+/* Remove trailing slashes from PATH.
+   This is useful when using filename completion from a shell that
+   adds a "/" after directory names (such as tcsh and bash), because
+   the Unix rename and rmdir system calls return an "Invalid argument" error
+   when given a path that ends in "/" (except for the root directory).  */
+
+void
+strip_trailing_slashes (path)
+     char *path;
+{
+  int last;
+
+  last = strlen (path) - 1;
+  while (last > 0 && path[last] == '/')
+    path[last--] = '\0';
+}