"Yannick Warnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi all, > I'm trying to use the canonpath() method of the File::Spec module, but > it seems I don't get the goal of that method... > > What I'm trying to do is: > I have a path ("/home/user1/dir/..") and want to make it right (so in > this case, "/home/user1"). > > How can I do that without playing with some splitdir() or things like > that?
Your problem is that 'dir' may be a link instead of a real beastie (in which case /home/user1/dir/.. may be somewhere other than /home/user1) so all canonpath will do is to remove successive /// and /././. strings from the text. As long as the path actually exists on the file system, you can do this use Cwd 'abs_path'; print abs_path '/home/user1/dir/..'; OUTPUT (normally) /home/user1 I hope this helps. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
