> Right. But if you want a guaranteed absolute path you should be able > to do it by calling getcwd first.
Only if you accept breakage if the current directory no longer has any name. Of course, if you consider that acceptable, then fine. I don't, not for something as central as namei (though this looks as though you may be talking about only certain filesystems, in which case it may be acceptable). /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML mo...@rodents-montreal.org / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B