On 2 December 2017 at 00:39, Alistair Grant <akgrant0...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 December 2017 at 17:32, Prof. Andrew P. Black <bl...@cs.pdx.edu> > wrote: > > 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? > > The answer will depend on which version of Pharo you are using, but for > Pharo7: > > '/Users/black/graceProgs/lists/../../Development/mg/ > gracelang/albums_junk.grace' > asFileReference canonicalize > "File @ /Users/black/Development/mg/gracelang/albums_junk.grace" > While 'canonicalize' obviously fits, it seems a bit exotic and a tongue twist at five syllables. I wonder if 'flatten' might also be suitable. Is there some concept this wouldn't cover? (just a random first impression. happy to be shot down on it) cheers -ben
