Am 01.12.17 um 17:32 schrieb Prof. Andrew P. Black:
> I have a file reference containing multiple occurrences of .., like this
> 
> File @ 
> /Users/black/graceProgs/lists/../../Development/mg/gracelang/albums_junk.grace
> 
> How do I simplify this to show the simpler path without the .. ?  There 
> should be a method on FileReference, no?  Something like #normalize ?  Or 
> maybe FileReference should do this automatically when it is created?

On Pharo 6 use "asAbsolute" on a FileReference, like this:

'/Users/black/graceProgs/lists/../../Development/mg/gracelang/albums_junk.grace'
asFileReference asAbsolute

"File @ /Users/black/Development/mg/gracelang/albums_junk.grace"


Cheers, Andreas

-- 
Andreas Brodbeck
www.mindclue.ch


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