diff --git a/gaboshlib/g_basename.sh b/gaboshlib/g_basename.sh
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+++ b/gaboshlib/g_basename.sh
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+function g_basename {
+  g_basename_result="${1##*/}"
+  g_basename_result="${g_basename_result:-/}"
+}
+
diff --git a/gaboshlib/g_dirname.sh b/gaboshlib/g_dirname.sh
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+++ b/gaboshlib/g_dirname.sh
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+function g_dirname {
+  g_dirname_result="${1%"${1##*[!/]}"}"
+  g_dirname_result="${g_dirname_result%/*}"
+  g_dirname_result=${g_dirname_result:-/}
+}