R.utils (version 1.7.4)

getAbsolutePath: Gets the absolute pathname string

Description

Gets the absolute pathname string.

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.

Value

  • Returns a character string of the absolute pathname.

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.

See Also

isAbsolutePath().