Re: [boost] [filesystem] path normalization?

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-08 07:55:52

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Hello,
> suppose I have this:
> 
>    path p = .........;
>    p /= "../../../a/b/c" ;
> 
> with current CVS version of filesystem I get paths like:
> 
>  
> bin/gcc/debug/threading-multi/../../../../bin/nm/debug/threading-multi/print_and_set.map
> 
> which are correct, but it has reduntant elements. Say first ".." undoes 
> "threading-multi" and next ".." undoes "debug" and the path is the same as

foo/.. is not redundant when foo is a symbolic link.

Regards,
m
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