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| -rw-r--r-- | src/basic/path-util.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/path-util.c b/src/basic/path-util.c index 29a899b421..d8167da4f8 100644 --- a/src/basic/path-util.c +++ b/src/basic/path-util.c @@ -202,7 +202,17 @@ int path_make_relative_parent(const char *from_child, const char *to, char **ret assert(ret); /* Similar to path_make_relative(), but provides the relative path from the parent directory of - * 'from_child'. This may be useful when creating relative symlink. */ + * 'from_child'. This may be useful when creating relative symlink. + * + * E.g. + * - from = "/path/to/aaa", to = "/path/to/bbb" + * path_make_relative(from, to) = "../bbb" + * path_make_relative_parent(from, to) = "bbb" + * + * - from = "/path/to/aaa/bbb", to = "/path/to/ccc/ddd" + * path_make_relative(from, to) = "../../ccc/ddd" + * path_make_relative_parent(from, to) = "../ccc/ddd" + */ r = path_extract_directory(from_child, &from); if (r < 0) |