Get last dirname/filename in a file path argument in Bash
basename does remove the directory prefix of a path:
$ basename /usr/local/svn/repos/example
example
$ echo "/server/root/$(basename /usr/local/svn/repos/example)"
/server/root/example
The following approach can be used to get any path of a pathname:
some_path=a/b/c
echo $(basename $some_path)
echo $(basename $(dirname $some_path))
echo $(basename $(dirname $(dirname $some_path)))
Output:
c
b
a