i1 : toAbsolutePath "a/b.m2" o1 = /mike-raid/home/dan/src/M2/1.2/BUILD/dan/builds/ubuntu64/Macaulay2/ packages/Macaulay2Doc-temporary/a/b.m2 |
Paths of the form foo/x/../bar, are shortened to foo/bar without checking the file system to see whether x is a symbolic link. For the other behavior, see realpath.