in reply to Re^2: convert a given dir name to its absolute path
in thread convert a given dir name to its absolute path

Executed in /usr/local/bin:

$abs_path = File::Spec->rel2abs( "../../");
print "$abs_path\n

__OUTPUT__
/usr/local/bin/../..

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So it works correctly on my platform (Linux with perl 5.8.4).


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