Diemo Schwarz

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 

/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.maxpat

, any hints or corrections are appreciated.

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  
 

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

Wierd things happen to paths with .. in them to go back up (e.g. from thispatcher's path), like
System:/Applications/Max.app/Contents/Resour

inconsistencies using absolute paths with .. on Mac