PATHNAME

NAME

pathname - get full pathname of file

SYNOPSIS


char     *pathname(name)
char     *name;

DESCRIPTION

pathname is a subroutine to return the full pathname of file. For pathnames not beginning with "/", it concatenates "name" with the current working directory and eliminates strings such as "./" and "dir/..". The routine returns a pointer to a static area.

VERSION/AUTHOR

1.2 - Colin Ayer

SEE ALSO

getwd(3), dirname(1), basename(1), sfsfile(SFS3)
Fri Jul 09 14:54:18 2004