realpath

realpath

This is a implementation of realpath() function in Go (golang).

If you provide it with a valid relative path / alias path, it will return you with a string of its real absolute path in the system.

The original version is created by Taru Karttunen in golang-nuts group. You may read the original post about it.

Installation

go get github.com/yookoala/realpath

Usage

import "github.com/yookoala/realpath"

func main() {
	myRealpath, err := realpath.Realpath("/some/path")
}

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Taru Karttunen and Koala Yeung

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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