Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:59:17 +0100 From: "mal content" <artifact.one@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Path transformation Message-ID: <8e96a0b90608190559x1b573455wf84fe039afc7fb3e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060819125315.GC192@britannica.bec.de> References: <8e96a0b90608190527p3a2b9b90hf18b4a0f947cffec@mail.gmail.com> <20060819125315.GC192@britannica.bec.de>
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On 19/08/06, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 01:27:49PM +0100, mal content wrote: > > Is there any code in the tree that does general path transformation > > or 'optimisation'? > > > > For example, this path corresponds to the current working directory: > > > > "dir1/dir2/dir3/../../../" > > It might or might not. E.g. dir2 could be a symlink. > Check realpath(3) and maybe the implementation of that as well. > > Joerg Ah, yes, didn't think of that. realpath() seems to be exactly what I'm looking for though, thanks! MC
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