int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-       if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "normalize_absolute_path")) {
+       if (argc == 3 && !strcmp(argv[1], "normalize_path_copy")) {
                char *buf = xmalloc(PATH_MAX + 1);
-               int rv = normalize_absolute_path(buf, argv[2]);
-               assert(strlen(buf) == rv);
+               int rv = normalize_path_copy(buf, argv[2]);
+               if (rv)
+                       buf = "++failed++";
                puts(buf);
                return 0;
        }
                return 0;
        }
 
+       if (argc == 4 && !strcmp(argv[1], "strip_path_suffix")) {
+               char *prefix = strip_path_suffix(argv[2], argv[3]);
+               printf("%s\n", prefix ? prefix : "(null)");
+               return 0;
+       }
+
        fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown function name: %s\n", argv[0],
                argv[1] ? argv[1] : "(there was none)");
        return 1;