Re: command for relative path

[Dmitry V. Levin]

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 04:41:14PM -0600, Peng Yu wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Dmitry V. Levin wrote:
> > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:45:56AM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
> > [...]
> >> http://docs.python.org/library/os.path.html
> >> >> os.path.relpath(path[, start])
> >> >>
> >> >>     Return a relative filepath to path either from the current 
> >> >> directory or from an optional start point.
> >>
> >> Ah, so the idea is that python has a function that computes a relative
> >> pathname to one path given a starting point:
> >>
> >> $ relpath /usr/bin /tmp
> >> ../usr/bin
> >> $ relpath /usr/bin /usr/share
> >> ../bin
> >
> > Btw, there is an utility in freebsd ports called relpath:
> 
> This is good to know.
> 
> Just to double check. Due to the license for the FreeBSD's relpath, it
> can not be copied to coreutils. Right?

First, it is not FreeBSD's relpath, it's relpath from FreeBSD ports.
Second, even if the license and copyright terms would be acceptable,
the code quality of that relpath.c is certainly not.

However, that utility seems to be in use for a long time yet, so it might
be reasonable to reuse its name and usage interface (I'm not sure about -d
option, though).


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