Re: PATCH: relpath

[Pádraig Brady]

On 12/02/2011 12:52 PM, Sami Kerola wrote:
> 2011/12/2 Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>:
>> On 12/02/2011 09:30 AM, Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
>>> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>>> On 12/02/2011 01:21 AM, Guillaume Kielwasser wrote:
>>>>> and what about something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> getpath -C|--canon        // simulate realpath
>>>>> getpath -R|--relative     // simulate relpath
>>>>> getpath -L|--link         // simulate readlink
>>>>
>>>> A good suggestion, thanks.
>>>>
>>>> It's the right level of functionality to provide at the shell level.
>>>
>>> +1 from me.
>>
>> Jim's point about 'path' ambiguity is valid.
>> I guess using 'getpathname' would address that.
>> Also 'realpath' is a bit less ambiguous than 'getpath'
>> in this regard I think.
> 
> How about maximizing the ambiguousness?
> 
> tao -c --canonicalize FILE
> tao -r --relative FILE
> tao -l --link FILE

Tops All Other suggestions.