Modern Fs PathNormalize

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PathNormalize

Returns a tidied path: . removed, .. resolved as text, duplicate separators collapsed.

Syntax

PathNormalize( p )

Notes

• collapses '.', resolves '..' LEXICALLY, removes

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

'' Collapses duplicate separators and drops a trailing one
print PathNormalize( "C:\\dev\\\\src\\" )      '' C:\dev\src

'' PURELY TEXTUAL: it resolves . and .. by string arithmetic and never
'' touches the disk, so it cannot know that a component is a symlink
print PathNormalize( "C:\dev\src\..\inc" )     '' C:\dev\inc

'' CanonicalPath is the one that asks the filesystem

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
Documented under: Paths