+# func_dirname file append nondir_replacement
+# Compute the dirname of FILE. If nonempty, add APPEND to the result,
+# otherwise set result to NONDIR_REPLACEMENT.
+func_dirname ()
+{
+ case ${1} in
+ */*) func_dirname_result="${1%/*}${2}" ;;
+ * ) func_dirname_result="${3}" ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+# func_basename file
+func_basename ()
+{
+ func_basename_result="${1##*/}"
+}
+
+# func_dirname_and_basename file append nondir_replacement
+# perform func_basename and func_dirname in a single function
+# call:
+# dirname: Compute the dirname of FILE. If nonempty,
+# add APPEND to the result, otherwise set result
+# to NONDIR_REPLACEMENT.
+# value returned in "$func_dirname_result"
+# basename: Compute filename of FILE.
+# value retuned in "$func_basename_result"
+# Implementation must be kept synchronized with func_dirname
+# and func_basename. For efficiency, we do not delegate to
+# those functions but instead duplicate the functionality here.
+func_dirname_and_basename ()
+{
+ case ${1} in
+ */*) func_dirname_result="${1%/*}${2}" ;;
+ * ) func_dirname_result="${3}" ;;
+ esac
+ func_basename_result="${1##*/}"
+}
+
+# func_stripname prefix suffix name
+# strip PREFIX and SUFFIX off of NAME.
+# PREFIX and SUFFIX must not contain globbing or regex special
+# characters, hashes, percent signs, but SUFFIX may contain a leading
+# dot (in which case that matches only a dot).
+func_stripname ()
+{
+ # pdksh 5.2.14 does not do ${X%$Y} correctly if both X and Y are
+ # positional parameters, so assign one to ordinary parameter first.
+ func_stripname_result=${3}
+ func_stripname_result=${func_stripname_result#"${1}"}
+ func_stripname_result=${func_stripname_result%"${2}"}
+}
+
+# func_opt_split
+func_opt_split ()
+{
+ func_opt_split_opt=${1%%=*}
+ func_opt_split_arg=${1#*=}
+}
+
+# func_lo2o object
+func_lo2o ()
+{
+ case ${1} in
+ *.lo) func_lo2o_result=${1%.lo}.${objext} ;;
+ *) func_lo2o_result=${1} ;;
+ esac
+}
+
+# func_xform libobj-or-source
+func_xform ()
+{
+ func_xform_result=${1%.*}.lo
+}
+
+# func_arith arithmetic-term...
+func_arith ()
+{
+ func_arith_result=$(( $* ))
+}
+
+# func_len string
+# STRING may not start with a hyphen.
+func_len ()
+{
+ func_len_result=${#1}
+}
+
+
+# func_append var value
+# Append VALUE to the end of shell variable VAR.
+func_append ()
+{
+ eval "$1+=\$2"
+}
+