stdlib: Implement realpath() function.

diff --git a/docs/Goalfile.pod b/docs/Goalfile.pod
index 9917fd0..40ca73a 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/Goalfile.pod
+++ b/docs/Goalfile.pod
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ Concatenate C<list1> and C<list2>.  It's not usually necessary to use
 this function since goals automatically flattens lists within lists
 into simple lists in many cases.
 
+=head3 realpath (filename)
+
+For example:
+
+ realpath ("./tests") ⇒ "/home/user/tests"
+
+Run the L<realpath(1)> command to return the resolved absolute path of
+the C<filename> parameter.
+
 =head3 sort (list)
 
 For example:

diff --git a/stdlib/prelude.gl b/stdlib/prelude.gl
index de2a422..183338d 100644 (file)
--- a/stdlib/prelude.gl
+++ b/stdlib/prelude.gl
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ pure function extension (name) returning string = @{
     echo "${name##*.}"
 }
 
+# Real path.
+function realpath (filename) returning string = @{
+    realpath -- %filename
+}
+
 # Expand a wildcard into a list of filenames.
 #
 # This function is probably not "pure" since it depends on the

diff --git a/tests/10-function-realpath.gl b/tests/10-function-realpath.gl
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..61aba54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/10-function-realpath.gl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Goals test.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Richard W.M. Jones
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Test the realpath function.
+
+let path = realpath (".")
+
+goal all = { echo %path }

diff --git a/tests/10-function-realpath.sh b/tests/10-function-realpath.sh
new file mode 100755 (executable)
index 0000000..f03b517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/10-function-realpath.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Goals test.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Richard W.M. Jones
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+set -e
+
+goals -f 10-function-realpath.gl > 10-function-realpath.out
+test "$(cat 10-function-realpath.out)" = "$PWD"
+rm 10-function-realpath.out