On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:33:59 +0800, Chen Yue wrote: > I have a file containing UNIX-styled Path in each line. But the path is > simplified enough. Some of them has ".." and "." in the middle, such as > "/a/b/./c/../d". > Now I want to simplify each Path according to Unix tradition. > > /a/b/./c/../d -> /a/b/d
That ignores another Unix tradition, symlinks. Suppose /a/b/c is a symlink to /x/y? Then the path above is really /x/d. > The only way I could think out is to split the path and reconstruct them in > reverse order. But I don't think it is a smart solution. Is there a quick > way to employ regexp or a library to fix this? use Cwd qw(realpath); -- Peter Scott http://www.perlmedic.com/ http://www.perldebugged.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
