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Re: absolute pathname a.k.a. realpath


From: Evan Hanson
Subject: Re: absolute pathname a.k.a. realpath
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 10:37:42 +1300

On 2022-10-24 14:14, John Cowan wrote:
> As designed, the pathname module does not access the filesystem (except
> that it knows whether the default is Posix or Windows), and I'd like to
> keep it that way.  Realpath is available in the Posix module.

I'd tend to agree with John. Path resolution is kind of a different thing.

(Although technically I don't think realpath(3) is available directly,
you can use `read-symbolic-link' with the "canonicalize" argument set.)

Evan



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