On 12/02/2011 01:03 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > 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.
Not not really. Though I do like it, being a chinese word meaning 'path' or 'route, and it's very short. Very obtuse though. Pádraig.
