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 = ../../../../../../

Paths of the form foo/x/../bar, are shortened to foo/bar without checking the file system to see whether x is a symbolic link. For the other behavior, see realpath.

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