return max_len;
}
+
+/* strip arbitrary amount of directory separators at end of path */
+static inline int chomp_trailing_dir_sep(const char *path, int len)
+{
+ while (len && is_dir_sep(path[len - 1]))
+ len--;
+ return len;
+}
+
+/*
+ * If path ends with suffix (complete path components), returns the
+ * part before suffix (sans trailing directory separators).
+ * Otherwise returns NULL.
+ */
+char *strip_path_suffix(const char *path, const char *suffix)
+{
+ int path_len = strlen(path), suffix_len = strlen(suffix);
+
+ while (suffix_len) {
+ if (!path_len)
+ return NULL;
+
+ if (is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1])) {
+ if (!is_dir_sep(suffix[suffix_len - 1]))
+ return NULL;
+ path_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len);
+ suffix_len = chomp_trailing_dir_sep(suffix, suffix_len);
+ }
+ else if (path[--path_len] != suffix[--suffix_len])
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (path_len && !is_dir_sep(path[path_len - 1]))
+ return NULL;
+ return xstrndup(path, chomp_trailing_dir_sep(path, path_len));
+}