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REVPATH(1)		     General Commands Manual		      REVPATH(1)

NAME
     revpath - generate a relative path that can be used to undo a change-direc-
     tory

SYNOPSIS
     revpath path

DESCRIPTION
     The  revpath  program prints out a relative path that is the ``reverse'' or
     ``inverse'' of path.  Start with two directories top and bottom,  with  the
     latter  below  the  former,  and path is the location of bottom relative to
     top.  The output of revpath is the location of top relative to bottom.  The
     resulting path contains a trailing `/' character when the	result	is  non-
     trivial.	If path is equivalent to `.', the resulting output is empty.  If
     path is invalid in some way (e.g., doesn't represent the path to  a  subdi-
     rectory) the output is also empty and no error messages are ever generated.

DIAGNOSTICS
     There  are  no diagnostics.  Error conditions are silently ignored, and the
     exit status is always 0.

BUGS
     It isn't possible to reverse arbitrary relative paths.  If any path element
     between the two end points of path is a symbolic  link,  the  results  will
     probably be incorrect.

imake 1.0.11			   1999-01-02			      REVPATH(1)

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