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Description:
   Converts a full path to a relative one.

Parameters:

1. path (String, required)
          The fullpath to convert to relative.
   
   
2. path2 (String, Default: (current directory))
          The path to find a relationship with the first path. Default (current directory).
   
   

Returns:
       (String) This function returns a relative path.

Requires:
       listDiff(), listMid()

Sample Use:
       

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/* #depends:listDiff,listMid# */
function pathToRelative(path){
	var backPeddle = 0;
	var path2 = getDirectoryFromPath(getBaseTemplatePath());
	var value = "";
	var diff = 0;
	if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 2)path2 = arguments[2];
	diff = server.listDiff(path,path2,1,"\","\");
	if (not arrayLen(diff))diff = 0;
	backPeddle = listLen(path2,"\")-diff+1;
	value = repeatString("../",backPeddle) & listChangeDelims(server.listMid(path,backPeddle+1,(listLen(path,"\")-backPeddle),"\"),"/","\") & "/";
	return value;
}
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=99&function=pathToRelative

/* #depends:listDiff,listMid# */ function pathToRelative(path){ var backPeddle = 0; var path2 = getDirectoryFromPath(getBaseTemplatePath()); var value = ""; var diff = 0; if (arrayLen(arguments) gte 2)path2 = arguments[2]; diff = server.listDiff(path,path2,1,"\","\"); if (not arrayLen(diff))diff = 0; backPeddle = listLen(path2,"\")-diff+1; value = repeatString("../",backPeddle) & listChangeDelims(server.listMid(path,backPeddle+1,(listLen(path,"\")-backPeddle),"\"),"/","\") & "/"; return value; } // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=99&function=pathToRelative