toAbsolutePath -- the absolute path version of a file name

Synopsis

• Usage:

  toAbsolutePath filename

• Inputs:
  • filename, a string
• Outputs:
  • a string, the absolute (real) path name of filename

Description

i1 : toAbsolutePath "a/b.m2"

o1 = /home/m2user/src/macaulay2/M2/M2/BUILD/doug/Macaulay2/packages/
     Macaulay2Doc-temporary/a/b.m2

Paths of the form foo/x/../bar, are shortened to foo/bar without checking the file system to see whether x is a symbolic link. For the other behavior, see realpath.

See also

• File -- the class of all files
• minimizeFilename -- minimize a file name
• relativizeFilename -- relativize a file name
• baseFilename -- the base part of a filename or path
• path -- list of directories to look in
• rootPath
• rootURI