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normalize_paths

Ruby on Rails latest stable (v6.1.7.7) - 0 notes - Class: ActionController::Routing

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This method is deprecated or moved on the latest stable version. The last existing version (v2.3.8) is shown here.

normalize_paths(paths) public

Returns an array of paths, cleaned of double-slashes and relative path references.

"\\" and "//" become "\" or "/".
"/foo/bar/../config" becomes "/foo/config".

The returned array is sorted by length, descending.

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# File actionpack/lib/action_controller/routing.rb, line 302
      def normalize_paths(paths)
        # do the hokey-pokey of path normalization...
        paths = paths.collect do |path|
          path = path.
            gsub("//", "/").           # replace double / chars with a single
            gsub("\\\\", "\\").        # replace double \ chars with a single
            gsub(%r{(.)[\\/]$}, '\1')  # drop final / or \ if path ends with it

          # eliminate .. paths where possible
          re = %r{[^/\\]+[/\\]\.\.[/\\]}
          path.gsub!(re, "") while path.match(re)
          path
        end

        # start with longest path, first
        paths = paths.uniq.sort_by { |path| - path.length }
      end

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