[bugs #7534] [NSString stringByStandardizingPath] won't expand .. (parent directory).

[Adam Fedor]

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[bugs #7534] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                Adam Fedor <fedor@gnu.org>
'Date: 
                Fri 12/03/2004 at 04:26 (US/Mountain)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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          Resolution | None                      | Unreproducible
         Assigned to | None                      | fedor
              Status | Open                      | Analyzed


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I tried this with a few examples and it seems to work according to the Cocoa 
docs.






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[bugs #7534] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=7534>
Project: GNUstep
Submitted by: Kazunobu Kuriyama
On: Sat 01/31/2004 at 22:05

Category:  Base/Foundation
Severity:  3 - Ordinary
Item Group:  Change Request
Resolution:  Unreproducible
Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  fedor
Status:  Analyzed


Summary:  [NSString stringByStandardizingPath] won't expand .. (parent 
directory).

Original Submission:  The OpenStep specification is not clear whether the 
expansion must be done or not, while the Cocoa one
clearly states 
<quote>
In absolute paths only, resolve references to the parent directory (that is, 
the component "..") to the real parent directory if possible using 
stringByResolvingSymlinksInPath which consults the file system to resolve each 
potential symbolic link.
<enquote>

Perhaps, an interpretation of "in absolute paths only" varies when a given path 
contains ~ (user's home directory).  The method of the Mac's version supposedly 
expands

~usr/ObjC/../GNUstep

to

/home/usr/GNUstep

if it works on a UNIX-like system, assuming all the paths exist.  On the other 
hand, with GNUstep, the path is expanded to

/home/usr/ObjC/../GNUstep

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Fri 12/03/2004 at 04:26       By: Adam Fedor <fedor>
I tried this with a few examples and it seems to work according to the Cocoa 
docs.




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