46 lines
1.1 KiB
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46 lines
1.1 KiB
Groff
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.\" $XFree86: xc/config/util/revpath.man,v 1.1 1999/01/03 03:58:14 dawes Exp $
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.TH REVPATH 1 __vendorversion__
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.SH NAME
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revpath \- generate a relative path that can be used to undo a change-directory
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B revpath
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.I path
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.I revpath
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program prints out a relative path that is the ``reverse'' or ``inverse'' of
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.IR path .
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Start with two directories
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.I top
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and
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.IR bottom ,
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with the latter below the former, and
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.I path
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is the location of
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.I bottom
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relative to
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.IR top .
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The output of
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.I revpath
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is the location of
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.I top
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relative to
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.IR bottom .
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The resulting path contains a trailing `/' character when the result is
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non-trivial.
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If
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.I path
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is equivalent to `.', the resulting output is empty.
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If
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.I path
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is invalid in some way (e.g., doesn't represent the path to a subdirectory)
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the output is also empty and no error messages are ever generated.
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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There are no diagnostics. Error conditions are silently ignored, and the
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exit status is always 0.
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.SH BUGS
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It isn't possible to reverse arbitrary relative paths.
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If any path element between the two end points of
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.I path
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is a symbolic link, the results will probably be incorrect.
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