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[Kramer]

In article <dtn34m$22sv$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Miles says...
>
>bobef wrote:
>> 	version(t_Linux)
>> 	{
>> 		(...)
>> 		writefln("\ngetFullPath tests\n");
>> 
>> 		writefln(getFullPath("\\rabbit/..\\bird"));
>> 		writefln(getFullPath("\\rabbit\\cat\\..\\bird"));
>> 		writefln(getFullPath("\\rabbit\\..\\bird"));
>> 		writefln(getFullPath("rabbit.d"));
>> 		writefln(getFullPath("rabbit\\..\\.\\bird"));
>> 		writefln(getFullPath(".\\rabbit\\..\\.\\bird\\..\\"));
>
>It is not correct to remove '..' on Linux. '/a/../b' is not garanteed to
>be '/b', since '/a' could be a symbolic link to somewhere else on the
>filesystem.
>
>-- 
>Miles < http://www.ubr.inf.br/wiki/Usuário:Miles >
>
>"Using Perl for CGI programming is like using Emacs for text editing."

Python does the same thing with it's normpath function.
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html

I know it's not optimal, but I suppose until we can get some functions written
to handle symbolic path expansion, it could just be noted in the docs that a
getFullPath type function at the moment, does not handle symbolic links.  Then
at least the user is going in with both eyes open.

Good points though for future improvements.

-Kramer