Getting an absolute pathname

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a command that, given a relative pathname, will return the absolute pathname?

ie, If the current directory is /home/steve/release and in that there's a file called test.file, can I type <cmd> test.file and have it give me /home/steve/release/test.file?

I know I can do it by using pwd and examining the given filename, but I'd really like something to tidy up any parent directory (..) references that may be there.

I've a feeling that there's a standard command for this.

Thanks

Steve

man realpath

Thanks, but that doesn't seem to exist on my AIX 5.2 machine.

Steve

For portability, you should use the dirname and
basename utilities. Both exist on AIX 5.2.

OK, I'll work with that.

Thanks.