Re: How to resolve an IFS path? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: How to resolve an IFS path?
From: Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:52:12 -0500
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hi Loyd,

If I have a path name such as 'blah', the OS assumes the base directory is
my home, so is resolved to '/loydg/blah'.

Wrong. It doesn't prepend your home directory, it prepends your current working directory.

Or, if a path is '/home/httpd/../otherfiles', it is resolved to
'/home/otherfiles'. Is there an API that will return this resolved
path, so I can programmatically determine if the path should be
processed?

Sort of. I'd probably use the chdir() API, followed by the getcwd() API.

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Re: How to resolve an IFS path? , Loyd Goodbar

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