On 12/02/2011 12:52 PM, Sami Kerola wrote: > 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
Tops All Other suggestions.
