what is relative path? write a program to convert relative path to absolute path.

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Arkang · Accepted Answer

#!/bin/sh

myPath='/usr/./local/../../bin/./../var/./log/'

cd $myPath
newPath=`pwd`
echo $newPath

Anonymous · Answer

convert /usr/./local/../../bin/./../var/./log/ the absolute path for this is /var/log/ I had been asked to write a shell script to find it.

ar · Answer

and add the relative paths as an argument to the script

myPath=$1

Anonymous · Answer

readlink doesn't accept any parameter "-m"

Rajkumar · Answer

readlink -m "relative path"
Example., readlink -m ..
Will give the absolute path of the parent directory

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