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Re: feature request: realpath
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j kalbhenn |
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Re: feature request: realpath |
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Sun, 4 Jun 2017 21:36:53 +0000 |
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> Guile provides "readlink". Isn't it the thing you need?
no, i am afraid not. readlink returns the target of a symbolic link. realpath
resolves all directory references like ".." and "." and all symbolic links in a
path and returns a path that does not include those things.
i have now implemented my own version of realpath in scheme (could have used
the ffi probably), but since it is a standard lib function in C and guile
offers many other posix functions, i thought it would be well suited for
inclusion.