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R.utils

getAbsolutePath

Gets the absolute pathname string

Description

Gets the absolute pathname string.

Usage

## Default S3 method:
getAbsolutePath(pathname, workDirectory=getwd(), expandTilde=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

`pathname`	A `character` string of the pathname to be converted into an absolute pathname.
`workDirectory`	A `character` string of the current working directory.
`expandTilde`	If `TRUE`, tilde (`~`) is expanded to the corresponding directory, otherwise not.
`...`	Not used.

Details

This method will replace replicated slashes ('/') with a single one, except for the double forward slashes prefixing a Microsoft Windows UNC (Universal Naming Convention) pathname.

Value

Returns a character string of the absolute pathname.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson