2011/12/2 Pádraig Brady <[email protected]>: > 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 With quick peek I where not able to find any existing command which would have that name. -- Sami Kerola http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/
