X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=scripts%2Frelpath.sh;h=7d2f48f9bbabbdf01c1b808fcedf60e55c23668e;hb=ebfd02be8a956536d34d8bf57dc17d152dfaf272;hp=00030e5f590b916d085f653e7a2f02d7f639e66e;hpb=3031749c2df04a63cdcef186dcce3781e61436e8;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/scripts/relpath.sh b/scripts/relpath.sh
index 00030e5f59..7d2f48f9bb 100755
--- a/scripts/relpath.sh
+++ b/scripts/relpath.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,13 @@ if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-REL1=${1#/}
-REL2=${2#/}
+# get the real absolute path, derefencing symlinks
+ABS1=$(readlink -f $1)
+ABS2=$(readlink -f $2)
+
+# remove leading slash
+REL1=${ABS1#/}
+REL2=${ABS2#/}
 
 left1=${REL1%%/*}
 right1=${REL1#*/}