getAbsolutePath

From R.utils v1.32.4 by Henrik Bengtsson

Gets the absolute pathname string

Gets the absolute pathname string.

Keywords: programming, IO

Usage

## S3 method for class 'default':
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.

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