inconsistencies using absolute paths with .. on Mac

Oct 16 2020 | 4:10 pm

Wierd things happen to paths with .. in them to go back up (e.g. from thispatcher's path), like System:/Applications/Max.app/Contents/Resources/C74/help/../media/msp/anton.aif which never works, or /Applications/Max.app/Contents/Resources/C74/help/../media/msp/anton.aif which works for abspath and buffer~ but not for conformpath. Similar weirdness for paths to a directory for polybuffer~:

path type				conformpath	abspath (poly)buffer~
Volume:/abspath/filename		OK		OK		OK
Volume:/abspath/../path/filename	ERR		ERR		ERR
/abspath/filename			OK		OK		OK
/abspath/../path/filename		ERR		OK		OK 
Volume:/abspath/dirname			OK		OK		OK 
Volume:/abspath/../path/dirname		ERR		ERR		ERR
/abspath/dirname			OK		OK		OK 
/abspath/../path/dirname		ERR		OK		OK

path with .. problem.maxpatmaxpat28.47 KB

Test patch, you have to replace System: with the name of your hard disk, e.g. "Macintosh HD"

I suspect this is from the SDK's path_topathname, any hints or corrections are appreciated. Cheers... ..Diemo