+/* This macro removes trailing slashes from a directory name.
+ * Different operating and file systems take differently to
+ * trailing slashes. According to POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition
+ * any number of trailing slashes should be allowed.
+ * Thusly we snip them away so that even non-conforming
+ * systems are happy.
+ * We should probably do this "filtering" for all
+ * the functions that expect (potentially) directory names:
+ * -d, chdir(), chmod(), chown(), chroot(), fcntl()?,
+ * (mkdir()), opendir(), rename(), rmdir(), stat(). --jhi */
+
+#define TRIMSLASHES(tmps,len,copy) (tmps) = SvPV_const(TOPs, (len)); \
+ if ((len) > 1 && (tmps)[(len)-1] == '/') { \
+ do { \
+ (len)--; \
+ } while ((len) > 1 && (tmps)[(len)-1] == '/'); \
+ (tmps) = savepvn((tmps), (len)); \
+ (copy) = TRUE; \
+ }
+