On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> On 2010-10-27 18:54:17 +0200, Jérémie Roquet wrote:
>> 2010/10/27 Vincent Lefevre:
>>> BTW, is there a way to get the canonicalised absolute pathname with 
>>> zsh? (i.e. what the "realpath" command gives.)
>>
>> your_path(:A) I guess :)
>
> No. The zsh man path says:
>
>  A    As  `a',  but also resolve use of symbolic links where possible.
>       Note that resolution of `..' occurs before  resolution  of  sym‐
>       bolic  links.   This  call is equivalent to a unless your system
>       has the realpath system call (modern systems do).
>
> but Linux doesn't have a realpath system call.
>
> ypig:~> man 2 realpath
> No manual entry for realpath in section 2

I think "system call" should be "library call" there.  (so, man 3 
realpath)

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Best,
Ben