Re: PATCH: relpath

[Pádraig Brady]

On 12/02/2011 01:03 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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.

Not not really.
Though I do like it, being a chinese word meaning
'path' or 'route, and it's very short.
Very obtuse though.

Pádraig.