If it's a C string you can use the functions in <cstring>.
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
        char *URL = "http://www.host.com/pic01.jpg";
        char *file_name;

        file_name = strrchr( URL, '/' ) + 1;

        cout<< file_name <<endl;

        return 0;
}