You could keep the directory open at each level open and use
	fchdir()

		David/absolute

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On 1 Mar 1999, Chris Jones wrote:

> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com> writes:
> 
> Richard> So combine this with Dave's idea of a chdir.  Then all that
> Richard> unlink needs to be passed is the file in the current
> Richard> directory (rather than the path).  If the stat isn't done
> Richard> until after the chdir then nothing that is unsafe can be
> Richard> changed between the stat and the unlink -- I am correct in
> Richard> thinking that unlink doesn't need an absolute pathname aren't
> Richard> I (it works on slowlaris), or does unlink add the current
> Richard> directory before passing it into the kernel?
> 
> Hmm; I think that would work, assuming that we can be sure that the
> chdir() is safe.  And no, unlink doesn't change its pathname to a
> fully-qualified one, as far as I can tell.
> 
> Chris
> 
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