1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index 8fa01fa8a4..2241b79859 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <langinfo.h>
 #include <locale.h>
+#include <libgen.h>
 
 #include "macro.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -2356,6 +2357,24 @@ int dir_is_empty(const char *path) {
         }
 }
 
+char* dirname_malloc(const char *path) {
+        char *d, *dir, *dir2;
+
+        d = strdup(path);
+        if (!d)
+                return NULL;
+        dir = dirname(d);
+        assert(dir);
+
+        if (dir != d) {
+                dir2 = strdup(dir);
+                free(d);
+                return dir2;
+        }
+
+        return dir;
+}
+
 unsigned long long random_ull(void) {
         _cleanup_close_ int fd;
         uint64_t ull;