diff --git a/src/common/path.c b/src/common/path.c
index 2d8055e..7eeb3d0 100644
--- a/src/common/path.c
+++ b/src/common/path.c
@@ -167,3 +167,26 @@ const char* basename(const char *path) {
 	
 	return last;
 }
+
+
+char* dirname(char *fullpath) {
+
+	char *dirname, *sep;
+	int pos;
+
+	if (fullpath[strlen(fullpath)-1] == '/')
+		fullpath[strlen(fullpath)-1] = '\0';
+
+	sep = strrchr(fullpath,'/');
+	pos = sep-fullpath+1;
+
+	if(sep == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	dirname = malloc ( pos );
+
+	memset(dirname,0,pos);
+	memcpy (dirname, fullpath, pos-1 );
+
+	return dirname;
+}
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 4f24065..7a75497 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ raw_inotify :
 path :
 	$(CC) -D__DEBUG__ $(CFLAGS) ../src/common/path.c t_path.c -o test_path
 
+path2 :
+	$(CC) -D__DEBUG__ $(CFLAGS) ../src/common/path.c t_path2.c -o test_path2
+
 rbtree : 
 	$(CC) -D RB_DEBUG $(CFLAGS) ../src/common/rbtree.c t_rbtree.c -o test_rbtree
 
diff --git a/test/t_path2.c b/test/t_path2.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..610ca89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/t_path2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "../src/common/path.h"
+
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+
+	char fp[] = "/this/is/my/path/to/file.pdf/";
+	char *d;
+	printf("%s\n=>\n", fp);
+
+	d = dirname(fp);
+
+	printf("%s\n", d);
+
+	return 0;
+}