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#notes #programming #rust
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Absolute paths function as intended
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`cd .` takes you to the bianary location
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#### Relative Paths
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- Paths that are relative can be appended to the current dir
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- `..` should strip the directory before it from the path
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- `.` can be entirely removed from the absolute path and the endpoint will not be changed
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### The Solution:
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As it turns out, both Windows and Unix have prebuilt functions that handle cleaning up paths, that are implemented under `std::fs::canonicalize` https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/fs/fn.canonicalize.html
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