Re: command for relative path

[Bjartur Thorlacius]

On 11/13/11, Dmitry V. Levin <address@hidden> wrote:
> AFAIR the coreutils' realpath is called readlink. ;)
>
Except readlink currently doesn't work for symlinks, as it insists on
following them before canonicalizing pathnames.

> Would "readlink --relative" or something like this be a good choice?
> Or should it rather be a new utility?
>
I'd prefer a new utility packaged along with an existing realpath
utility, but considering prior posts of mine on this lists, my opinion
should probably be disregarded :)