remove absolute_path() that duplicated resolve() functionality

+stdlib/is_exe.m

@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 ok = java.io.File(file).canExecute();
 
 % more complicated
-% ok = java.nio.file.Files.isExecutable(java.io.File(stdlib.absolute_path(file)).toPath());
+% ok = java.nio.file.Files.isExecutable(java.io.File(stdlib.canonical(file)).toPath());
 
 end

+stdlib/is_readable.m

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
   file (1,1) string
 end
 
-import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Files
-
-
-ok = Files.isReadable(File(stdlib.absolute_path(file)).toPath());
+ok = java.nio.file.Files.isReadable(java.io.File(stdlib.canonical(file)).toPath());
 
 end

+stdlib/is_symlink.m

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 if isMATLABReleaseOlderThan("R2024b")
   % must be absolute path
-  p = stdlib.absolute_path(p);
+  p = stdlib.canonical(p);
   ok = java.nio.file.Files.isSymbolicLink(java.io.File(p).toPath());
 else
   ok = isSymbolicLink(p);

+stdlib/is_writable.m

@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
   file (1,1) string
 end
 
-import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Files
-
-
-ok = Files.isWritable(File(stdlib.absolute_path(file)).toPath());
+ok = java.nio.file.Files.isWritable(java.io.File(stdlib.canonical(file)).toPath());
 
 end

+stdlib/normalize.m

@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@
   p (1,1) string
 end
 
-import java.io.File
-import stdlib.expanduser
-
-n = stdlib.posix(File(expanduser(p)).toPath().normalize());
+n = stdlib.posix(java.io.File(p).toPath().normalize());
 
 if(strlength(n) == 0), n = "."; end
 

+stdlib/read_symlink.m

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
   return
 end
 
-r = stdlib.absolute_path(p);
+% must be absolute path
+r = stdlib.canonical(p);
 
 % https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/file/Files.html#readSymbolicLink(java.nio.file.Path)
-% must be absolute path
 r = stdlib.posix(...
       java.nio.file.Files.readSymbolicLink(java.io.File(r).toPath()));
 

+stdlib/resolve.m

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-function c = resolve(p)
+function c = resolve(p, expand_tilde)
 %% resolve(p)
 % path need not exist--absolute path will be relative to pwd if not exist
 % if path exists, same result as canonical()
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 % non-existant path is made absolute relative to pwd
 arguments
   p (1,1) string
+  expand_tilde (1,1) logical=true
 end
 
-import java.io.File
-
-% have to expand ~ first (like C++ filesystem::path::absolute)
-c = stdlib.expanduser(p);
+if expand_tilde
+  c = stdlib.expanduser(p);
+else
+  c = p;
+end
 
 if ispc && startsWith(c, "\\")
   % UNC path is not canonicalized
@@ -34,8 +36,8 @@
   c = stdlib.join(pwd, c);
 end
 
-% % https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#getCanonicalPath()
+% https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/io/File.html#getAbsolutePath()
 
-c = stdlib.posix(File(c).getCanonicalPath());
+c = stdlib.posix(java.io.File(java.io.File(c).getAbsolutePath()).toPath().normalize());
 
 end % function

test/TestFileImpure.m

@@ -103,33 +103,6 @@ function test_touch_modtime(tc)
 end
 
 
-function test_absolute_path(tc)
-import matlab.unittest.constraints.StartsWithSubstring
-
-tc.verifyEqual(stdlib.absolute_path(""), "")
-
-pabs = stdlib.absolute_path('2foo');
-pabs2 = stdlib.absolute_path('4foo');
-tc.verifyThat(pabs, ~StartsWithSubstring("2"))
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(pabs, pabs2, 2))
-
-par1 = stdlib.absolute_path("../2foo");
-tc.verifyNotEmpty(par1)
-
-par2 = stdlib.absolute_path("../4foo");
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(par2, pabs2, 2))
-
-pt1 = stdlib.absolute_path("bar/../2foo");
-tc.verifyNotEmpty(pt1)
-
-va = stdlib.absolute_path("2foo");
-vb = stdlib.absolute_path("4foo");
-tc.verifyThat(va, ~StartsWithSubstring("2"))
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(va, vb, 2))
-
-end
-
-
 function test_canonical(tc)
 import matlab.unittest.fixtures.TemporaryFolderFixture
 import matlab.unittest.fixtures.CurrentFolderFixture

test/TestFilePure.m

@@ -177,32 +177,6 @@ function test_is_absolute(tc, in_is_absolute, ref_is_absolute)
 end
 
 
-function test_absolute_path(tc)
-import matlab.unittest.constraints.StartsWithSubstring
-
-tc.verifyEqual(stdlib.absolute_path(""), "")
-
-pabs = stdlib.absolute_path('2foo');
-pabs2 = stdlib.absolute_path('4foo');
-tc.verifyThat(pabs, ~StartsWithSubstring("2"))
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(pabs, pabs2, 2))
-
-par1 = stdlib.absolute_path("../2foo");
-tc.verifyNotEmpty(par1)
-
-par2 = stdlib.absolute_path("../4foo");
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(par2, pabs2, 2))
-
-pt1 = stdlib.absolute_path("bar/../2foo");
-tc.verifyNotEmpty(pt1)
-
-va = stdlib.absolute_path("2foo");
-vb = stdlib.absolute_path("4foo");
-tc.verifyThat(va, ~StartsWithSubstring("2"))
-tc.verifyTrue(strncmp(va, vb, 2))
-
-end
-
 function test_normalize(tc)
 
 tc.verifyEqual(stdlib.normalize(""), ".")