20.10 Normalising pathnames

Function: mbfl_file_enable_realpath

Declare the commands required to normalise pathnames. Declaring the intention to use a program

The programs are: realpath.

Function: mbfl_file_realpath PATHNAME OPT …
Function: mbfl_file_realpath_var _RV PATHNAME OPT …

Normalise the given PATHNAME using realpath and print the result to stdout. The optional arguments OPT are added, as options, to the command line of realpath.

The function variant _var stores the result in the variable _RV, rather than print it; Result variables.

Function: mbfl_exec_realpath ARG …

Execute the program realpath using the given optional command line arguments.


This document describes version 3.0.0-devel.9 of Marcos Bash Functions Library.