how can i have the absolute name ?

[cantubas]

how can i have the absolute name of a file
i want to find a function that transforms
../name in /home/etc/name

 

[PHV]

Try this:
curdir=`pwd`; parent=`dirname "$curdir"`
echo "$parent/name"

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[cantubas]

thanks for your solution but it isn't OK.

 

[PHV]

In ksh you can try this:

f=../name
realf=$(cd ..;pwd -P)/$(basename $f)
echo "$f is $realf"

Anyway: man cd;man pwd;man basename;man dirname

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[aigles]

[tt]
relFile=../name
rep=`dirname $relFile`
absFile=`cd $rep ; pwd`/`basename $relFile`
echo "$relFile is $absFile"
[/tt]
the same with ksh
[tt]
relFile=../name
$(cd $(dirname $relFile) ; pwd)/$(basename $relFile)
echo "$relFile is $absFile"
[/tt]

Jean Pierre.