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minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name
Synopsis
Usage:
minimizeFilename fn
Inputs:
fn
, a path to a file
Outputs:
a minimized path, equivalent to
fn
Description
i1 : minimizeFilename "a/b/c/../d" o1 = a/b/d
i2 : minimizeFilename "../../../../../../" o2 = /
See also
File
-- the class of all files
relativizeFilename
-- relativize a file name
baseFilename
-- the base part of a filename or path
toAbsolutePath
-- the absolute path version of a file name
searchPath
-- search a path for a file
path
-- list of directories to look in