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diff --git a/path.c b/path.c
index 7a35a26a1697480f0f43244132d8267deb301651..6e3df1849965be6a88fac89c007f9b5fe960f825 100644 (file)
--- a/path.c
+++ b/path.c
@@ -330,6 +330,23 @@ const char *make_nonrelative_path(const char *path)
 /* We allow "recursive" symbolic links. Only within reason, though. */
 #define MAXDEPTH 5
 
+const char *make_relative_path(const char *abs, const char *base)
+{
+       static char buf[PATH_MAX + 1];
+       int baselen;
+       if (!base)
+               return abs;
+       baselen = strlen(base);
+       if (prefixcmp(abs, base))
+               return abs;
+       if (abs[baselen] == '/')
+               baselen++;
+       else if (base[baselen - 1] != '/')
+               return abs;
+       strcpy(buf, abs + baselen);
+       return buf;
+}
+
 const char *make_absolute_path(const char *path)
 {
        static char bufs[2][PATH_MAX + 1], *buf = bufs[0], *next_buf = bufs[1];