# Some shared sub routines
#
# Author: Patrick Canterino <patrick@patshaping.de>
-# Last modified: 2005-06-10
+# Last modified: 2005-07-23
#
use strict;
$first = abs_path($first);
my $last = file_name($path);
+ $last = '' if($last eq '.');
- if(-d $first.'/'.$last && not -l $first.'/'.$last)
+ if($last eq '..' || ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $last =~ m!^\.\.\.+$!))
{
$first = abs_path($first.'/'.$last);
$last = '';