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Revision: 67327
at September 9, 2014 22:59 by biiont
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# Prepare
mkdir -p "${HOME}/path without/symlinks"; ln -s "${HOME}/path without" "${HOME}/path with"

TESTPATH="${HOME}/..///${USER}/path with/symlinks///"; echo "${TESTPATH}"

echo "Absolute path: '$(realpath -m ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical path: '$(realpath -s -m ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative to '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-to="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical relative to '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -m --relative-to="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative with base '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-base="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative with base '${HOME}': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-base="${HOME}" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical relative with base '${HOME}': '$(realpath -m --relative-base="${HOME}" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Basedir: '$(dirname "$(realpath -s -m ${TESTPATH})")'"
# BASEDIR="$(dirname "$(realpath -s ${0})")"

# Cleanup
rm -rf "${HOME}/path with" "${HOME}/path without"

Revision: 67326
at September 9, 2014 22:49 by biiont
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# Prepare
mkdir -p "${HOME}/path without/symlinks"; ln -s "${HOME}/path without" "${HOME}/path with"

TESTPATH="${HOME}/..///${USER}/path with/symlinks///"; echo "${TESTPATH}"

echo "Absolute path: '$(realpath -m ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical path: '$(realpath -s -m ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative to '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-to="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical relative to '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -m --relative-to="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative with base '/usr/bin': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-base="/usr/bin" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Relative with base '${HOME}': '$(realpath -s -m --relative-base="${HOME}" ${TESTPATH})'"
echo "Canonical relative with base '${HOME}': '$(realpath -m --relative-base="${HOME}" ${TESTPATH})'"

# Cleanup
rm -rf "${HOME}/path with" "${HOME}/path without"

Revision: 67325
at September 9, 2014 21:31 by biiont
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CANONPATH="$(realpath -s -m "${HOME}/../path with/spaces///")"; ls "${CANONPATH}"

Revision: 67324
at September 9, 2014 21:29 by biiont
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CANONPATH="$(realpath -s -m "${HOME}/path/with spaces")"; ls "${CANONPATH}"
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