>> I'd recommend you to put security efforts to
>> https://github.com/dvv/luvit-static -- it's used to serve
>> http://luvit.io

> I was thinking about implementing a path.expand(filepath, dir) method, but
> for luvit itself. Then it could be used in luvit-static, or any other
> project. I think it is general enough, but I'm not certain (especially since
> node doesn't seem to have an absolutize method neither).

> Let me tinker with the code for a while and see what I can get.

> Enrique

> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Vladimir Dronnikov <dronni...@gmail.com>
> wrote:

>> > I have found an easy enough to understand implementation of absolutize
>> > in
>> > rubinious (ruby):

>> > https://github.com/rubinius/rubinius/blob/master/kernel/common/file.r...

>> I'd recommend you to put security efforts to
>> https://github.com/dvv/luvit-static -- it's used to serve
>> http://luvit.io

>> > Two questions:

>> > Does Luvit have access to environment variables (such as $HOME)?

>> `process.env.HOME`

>> > I think I can try to make a patch for Luvit adding this method to path.
>> > Would the Luvit people be interested on it, or is it too specific?

>> we have `__dirname` in modules, plus `process.cwd()` to get absolute
>> current path.
>> So, consider trying
>> `require('path').normalize(require('path').resolve(process.cwd(),
>> '../aa/../b'))` first to see if it fits

>> --Vladimir