Merge pull request #410 from pkg/export-realpath
Export RealPath for potential client use
diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index dc8a423..81b2d6c 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -789,7 +789,11 @@
}
}
-func (c *Client) realpath(path string) (string, error) {
+// RealPath can be used to have the server canonicalize any given path name to an absolute path.
+//
+// This is useful for converting path names containing ".." components,
+// or relative pathnames without a leading slash into absolute paths.
+func (c *Client) RealPath(path string) (string, error) {
id := c.nextID()
typ, data, err := c.sendPacket(nil, &sshFxpRealpathPacket{
ID: id,
@@ -820,7 +824,7 @@
// Getwd returns the current working directory of the server. Operations
// involving relative paths will be based at this location.
func (c *Client) Getwd() (string, error) {
- return c.realpath(".")
+ return c.RealPath(".")
}
// Mkdir creates the specified directory. An error will be returned if a file or
