ServerJS/Filesystem API/Join

Show of Hands

A: implicitly uses "normal" to normalize the result, so all empty, ".", and ".." path components are resolved if possible. This is our "normal" definition, which is distinct from "canonical" and "absolute" in that it does not consult the underlying storage or the current working directory.

for: join("foo", "..", "bar") == "bar" and join("..", "foo") == "../foo"

• Kris Kowal

against: join("foo", "..", "bar") == "foo/../bar"

B: recognizes and follows absolute paths. on a Unix system.

for: join("foo", "/bar") == "/bar"

• Kris Kowal

against: join("foo", "/bar") == "foo/bar"