How to calculate a relative path from two absolute paths in Linux shell?
Solution 1:
Assuming GNU coreutils:
For symlinks,
lnhas recently learned the--relativeoption.For everything else,
realpathsupports options--relative-to=and--relative-base=.
Solution 2:
For me, this answer (which uses a python oneliner) works perfect.
$ python -c "import os.path; print os.path.relpath('/a/d/e.txt', '/a/b/c')"
../../d/e.txt
Tested successfully on linux (Kubuntu 14.04) an on Mac OSX, needs Python 2.6.