Perl: realpath() without resolving links?

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Published on 2010-03-13T04:31:26Z Indexed on 2010/03/13 4:37 UTC
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Is there a Perl function like Cwd::realpath (a.k.a. abs_path) that does NOT resolve symbolic links? I want to resolve . and .. (and normalize slashes) in a path, but leave symbolic links alone.

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