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From: leilabd@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Leila Burrell-Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Full pathname of file wanted
Message-ID: <883@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 11 Apr 89 11:55:20 GMT
Organization: Computing Service, University of Sussex, UK
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I would like to pass to a program the full pathname of a file
whose location I give relative to the current directory. For
example, if I am in directory C:\SUBA\SUB1 and give the command
FOO ..\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
I would like FOO to issue the command MYPROG C:\SUBA\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
for preference, although MYPROG C:\SUBA\SUB1\..\SUB2\MYFILE.EXT
would probably be ok as well.

Can anyone suggest how I might do this?
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Leila Burrell-Davis, Computing Service, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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