From f9c1ac5bca2fdac585a3738c59ba58dc75519fd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valerie Wolfe <sleeplessval@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 10:13:37 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] path-convert now resolves symlinks

---
 path-convert/Cargo.lock  |  2 +-
 path-convert/Cargo.toml  |  2 +-
 path-convert/src/main.rs | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/path-convert/Cargo.lock b/path-convert/Cargo.lock
index fea3fcb..db8462a 100644
--- a/path-convert/Cargo.lock
+++ b/path-convert/Cargo.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = 3
 
 [[package]]
 name = "path-convert"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "pico-args",
 ]
diff --git a/path-convert/Cargo.toml b/path-convert/Cargo.toml
index 006cefc..87f8583 100644
--- a/path-convert/Cargo.toml
+++ b/path-convert/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "path-convert"
-version = "0.0.1"
+version = "0.0.2"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/path-convert/src/main.rs b/path-convert/src/main.rs
index 4e124b0..74ed50b 100644
--- a/path-convert/src/main.rs
+++ b/path-convert/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use pico_args::Arguments;
 
@@ -8,12 +9,23 @@ pub fn main() {
 
 	loop {
 		let next = args.subcommand().unwrap();
-		if let Some(mut arg) = next {
-			if arg.starts_with(DRIVE) {
-				arg = arg.replace(DRIVE, "C:\\");
+		if let Some(arg) = next {
+			let mut output: String;
+			//	resolve symlinks, etc.
+			let path = Path::new(&arg).canonicalize();
+			if let Ok(target) = path {
+				output = target.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+			} else {
+				output = arg;
 			}
-			arg = arg.replace("/", "\\");
-			println!("{arg}");
+
+			if output.starts_with(DRIVE) {
+				output = output.replace(DRIVE, "C:\\");
+			}
+
+			output = output.replace("/", "\\");
+
+			println!("{output}");
 		} else {
 			break;
 		}