R: Gets the absolute pathname string

getAbsolutePath {R.utils} | R Documentation

## 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

### See Also

`isAbsolutePath`().

[Package R.utils version 2.7.0 Index]