2 * Compute the relative path needed to go from one Unix dir to another
4 * Copyright 2006 Alexandre Julliard
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27 /* determine where the destination path is located relative to the 'from' path */
28 static const char *get_relative_path( const char *from, const char *dest, unsigned int *dotdots )
30 #define DIR_END(p) (*(p) == 0 || *(p) == '/')
36 while (*from == '/') from++;
37 while (*dest == '/') dest++;
38 start = dest; /* save start of next path element */
41 while (!DIR_END(from) && *from == *dest) { from++; dest++; }
42 if (DIR_END(from) && DIR_END(dest)) continue;
44 /* count remaining elements in 'from' */
48 while (!DIR_END(from)) from++;
49 while (*from == '/') from++;
59 int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
62 unsigned int dotdots = 0;
66 fprintf( stderr, "Usage: %s fromdir todir\n", argv[0] );
69 start = get_relative_path( argv[1], argv[2], &dotdots );
71 if (!start[0] && !dotdots) printf( ".\n" );
78 if (dotdots || start[0]) printf( "/" );
80 printf( "%s\n", start );