On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:28 PM Hans-Juergen Rennau <hrennau@yahoo.de> wrote:
>
> Dear BaseX people,
>
> extension function file:resolve-path() shows a behaviour which appears to me inconsistent and probably not intended:
>
> - if called with a single parameter, a path containing ".." is resolved as expected
> - if called with two parameters, the ".." steps are not resolved.
>
> I would expect the resolution of ".." steps to be always a part of path resolution.
>
> Example:
>
> cd C:\a\b\c
>
> file:resolve-path('../x')
> =>
> C:\a\b\x
>
> file:resolve-path('../x', 'file:///C:/a/b/c/')
> =>
> C:\a\b\c\..\x
>
> file:resolve-path('../x    ', 'file:///C:/a/b/c/' ! file:resolve-path(.)
> =>
> C:\a\b\x
>
> Greetings,
> Hans-Jürgen
>