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<div><h1>minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>minimizeFilename fn</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>fn</tt>, a path to a file</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span>a minimized path, equivalent to <tt>fn</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : minimizeFilename "a/b/c/../d"
o1 = a/b/d</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : minimizeFilename "../../../../../../"
o2 = /</pre>
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<p>Paths of the form <tt>foo/x/../bar</tt>, are shortened to <tt>foo/bar</tt> without checking the file system to see whether <tt>x</tt> is a symbolic link. For the other behavior, see <a href="_realpath.html" title="convert a filename to one passing through no symbolic links">realpath</a>.</p>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="___File.html" title="the class of all files">File</a> -- the class of all files</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_relativize__Filename.html" title="relativize a file name">relativizeFilename</a> -- relativize a file name</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_base__Filename.html" title="the base part of a filename or path">baseFilename</a> -- the base part of a filename or path</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_to__Absolute__Path.html" title="the absolute path version of a file name">toAbsolutePath</a> -- the absolute path version of a file name</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_search__Path_lp__List_cm__String_rp.html" title="search a path for a file">searchPath</a> -- search a path for a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_path.html" title="list of directories to look in">path</a> -- list of directories to look in</span></li>
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