Linux manual pages Section 3  

Name

canonicalize_file_name — return the canonicalized filename

Synopsis

#define _GNU_SOURCE          /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <stdlib.h>
char *canonicalize_file_name( const char *path);
 

DESCRIPTION

The call canonicalize_file_name(path) is equivalent to the call realpath(path, NULL).

CONFORMING TO

The function is a GNU extension.

SEE ALSO

realpath(3)

COLOPHON

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