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Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? [message #49643 is a reply to message #49642]

Wed, 09 August 2006 10:58

JD Smith
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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 12:52:15 -0400, Craig Markwardt wrote:

>
> "born.in.sssr@gmail.com" <born.in.sssr@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hi all,
>> is there an easy way (without string scripting) to get the relative
>> path from one absolute path to another (platform independent:
>> unix+win)?
>> In the kind of:
>> rel_path = get_rel_path(from_path, to_path)
>> Thanks, Maxim
>
> Sigh, a simple search on Google ("idl relative path") would have
> picked up a routine I posted on my website two years ago, and saved
> everybody a lot of work and trouble :-)

One can't underestimate the trade-off of having to check someone else's
code vs. writing it yourself for "small" problems like this. Does it
work for Windows paths (with c:\foo or \\host\foo)?

JD

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		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: JD Smith on Wed, 09 August 2006 11:02
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: JD Smith on Wed, 09 August 2006 10:58
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 09 August 2006 09:52
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: born.in.sssr@gmail.co on Tue, 08 August 2006 14:22
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: JD Smith on Tue, 08 August 2006 11:39
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: R.Bauer on Tue, 08 August 2006 08:34
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: greg michael on Tue, 08 August 2006 07:38
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: born.in.sssr@gmail.co on Thu, 10 August 2006 01:21
		Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 09 August 2006 12:17

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