From: "Mauricio Fernández" <batsman.geo@...>
Date: 2004-04-30T16:08:33+09:00
Subject: Re: File.expand_path(__FILE__)

On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 09:23:53AM +0900, Hal Fulton wrote:
> And I guess there is a problem with what the OP wanted --
> if the original name is relative to the original current
> directory, then the interpreter would have to keep track
> of where we were relative to our original dir.
> 
> It is doable, but is it worth it? And is there a real
> purpose to expand_path besides tilde substitution and
> simple concatenation?

It does more than simple concatenation + ~ subst., it concatenates &
normalizes:

Dir.pwd
#   =>"/tmp"
File.expand_path "../bin/sh"
#   =>"/bin/sh"
# not => "/tmp/../bin/sh"

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