From 2598a2f4ec750b00610e1bac78fa3963231ab610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: root
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:39:26 +0000
Subject: canonicalize function for paths

---
 helper/string.inc | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/helper/string.inc b/helper/string.inc
index 1d15b26e..0a166708 100644
--- a/helper/string.inc
+++ b/helper/string.inc
@@ -7,3 +7,8 @@ trim() {
     echo -n "$var"
 }
 
+# usage: CANONICALIZED_STRING=$(canonalize <path>)
+#        usage with relative path requires you to be in the correct directory.
+canonicalize() {
+	cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$1")" && printf '%s\n' "$(pwd -P)/$(basename -- "$1")"
+}
-- 
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