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Re: relative path from one absolute path to another? [message #49642]

Wed, 09 August 2006 11:02

JD Smith
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On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:58:35 -0700, JD Smith wrote:

> 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 :-)

I forgot to point out one advantage of my formulation: since it uses
FILE_SAME(), you can get minimum relative paths even for path structures
which include arbitrary links.

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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