CANONICALIZE_FILE_NAME

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2005-07-14
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NAME

canonicalize_file_name - return the canonicalized filename

SYNOPSIS

#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdlib.h>

char *canonicalize_file_name(const char *path);

DESCRIPTION

The call canonicalize_file_name(path) is equivalent to the call realpath(path, NULL).

CONFORMING TO

The function is a GNU extension.

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