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os.realpath

Jason Perkins edited this page Apr 14, 2015 · 7 revisions

The os.realpath function returns the canonical absolute path of a filename.


ok, err = os.realpath(path)

This functions calls realpath() on Posix systems and _fullpath on Windows.

Parameters

path is the path to be converted.

Return Value

If successful, returns the canonical absolute path. On error, returns nil and an error message.

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